Azure DevOps Engineer

Location
Remote

Experience Level
Senior Level (5 or more years of DevOps engineering experience)

Role Overview
The Azure DevOps Engineer serves as the primary hands-on implementation resource leading discovery, pipeline re-registration, platform configuration, and migration execution within Azure DevOps Services. This role is responsible for validating existing inventories, scripting API automations, configuring self-hosted agent pools, and executing cutover activities while ensuring seamless integration across third-party build tools and extensions.

Key Responsibilities

Discovery, Inventory & Automation
• Collect and validate comprehensive inventories of projects, repositories, pipelines, agent pools, users, groups, extensions, and tool integrations.
• Utilize Azure DevOps REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure CLI, or Python scripting to support automated discovery, validation, configuration, and audit evidence collection.
• Support user, group, permission, and identity mapping across Azure DevOps organizations.

Pipeline & Agent Configuration
• Analyze, update, and re-register multi-stage YAML pipelines across Azure Repos.
• Configure, provision, and re-register self-hosted build agents and custom agent pools across Windows and Linux environments.
• Validate and configure pipeline dependencies, including variable groups, secure files, service connections, credentials, certificates, and extensions.

Testing, Migration & Troubleshooting
• Test and validate integrations with external systems, including JFrog Artifactory connectivity and MATLAB/Simulink extension functionality.
• Execute structured test cases, pipeline validations, migration rehearsals, and production cutover activities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline execution errors, authentication issues, build agent offline states, and integration failures.

Documentation & Stabilization
• Execute migration tasks accurately from established technical runbooks and standard operating procedures.
• Maintain detailed technical documentation, migration evidence, issue logs, and system configuration records.
• Provide post-migration hypercare stabilization, troubleshooting support, and knowledge transfer to internal engineering teams.

Required Qualifications
• 5 or more years of hands-on DevOps engineering experience with a strong focus on Azure DevOps Services.
• 3 or more years of experience building, configuring, and troubleshooting Azure Repos and YAML-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven experience installing, configuring, and managing self-hosted build agents and agent pools.
• Strong automation and scripting skills using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Python, or Azure DevOps REST APIs.
• In-depth working knowledge of Azure DevOps administrative settings, including user/group permissions, variable groups, secure files, service connections, and marketplace extensions.
• Demonstrated ability to execute structured test plans, analyze failure logs, and work independently from detailed migration runbooks.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience configuring and integrating JFrog Artifactory with Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Experience supporting MATLAB / Simulink extensions and embedded software build toolchains.
• Hands-on experience managing Windows and Linux build servers, proxy configurations, SSL/TLS certificates, and private network routing.
• Prior consulting or migration execution experience in large-scale enterprise environments.

Core Skills & Attributes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a deep understanding of CI/CD pipeline mechanics.
• Methodical, detail-oriented approach to executing migrations, evidence collection, and issue tracking.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Ability to self-direct and deliver high-quality implementation work within project timelines.