- Hands-on experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps (Azure Pipelines YAML); exposure to Jenkins or GitHub Actions is a plus.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/ARM templates for provisioning Azure resources.
- Strong experience with Azure Repos (Git) for version control, branching strategies, pull requests, and code reviews.
- Experience managing build and deployment artifacts using Azure Artifacts; familiarity with JFrog Artifactory is an added advantage.
- Experience integrating SonarQube (or similar tools) with Azure DevOps pipelines for code quality checks and static analysis.
- Hands-on experience integrating security scanning tools such as Veracode (or similar SAST/DAST tools) into CI/CD pipelines.
- Robust familiarity with Azure monitoring and observability tools including Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, and alerting.
- Good scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, or Python to support build, release, and operational workflows.
Preferred candidate profile
- Proficiency in containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS).