Anglo American are looking for an experienced DevOps (Azure) contractor to provide DevOps for an Azure environment and take on release management of a third-party vendor solution.
Please apply if the below is of interest to you, and matches your career experience.
Inhouse applications
- Support developers to effectively utilize the Azure DevOps for the life cycle of software development
- Implement build, release, approval pipeline (YMAL) to manage deployment as well as managing role/permission for the team
- Provide support for investigating production issue by analysis logs and trace in Azure resources as well as working with other IT teams (Network, Security)
- Knowledge in deploying Azure resources from a template as Infrastructure as Code
- Coding (C#) and script (PowerShell) to automate the in-house process
- Ensure performance and resource monitoring, and alerting is fit for purpose
- Ensure Azure costs are monitor and resource implementation is as efficient as possible
- Work with the development and support teams to identify, plan and execute service improvements to those systems that are developed
- Comply with Anglo American Security and Operating Standards
- Drive the adoption of best practice and enforce the use of standard systems in any solution deployed
- Work with project and support teams to manage service introduction and deployment ensuring best practice by any third-party teams including the delivery of acceptable test scenarios and scripts
- Ensure implementation and support documentation is kept up to date
- Manage Azure DevOps configurations
- Help guide the long-term Azure direction and architecture
- Guide, configure and test the DR/HA strategy for each element of the Azure infrastructure
Third party vendor application environment and release management
- Raise and track all environment refreshes
- Coordinate environment requests
- Azure DevOps configuration and user access management
- Coordinate all other work ie: upgrades, fixes
- Coordinate release activities, including planning, environment refreshes, release item sign-off
- Manage Release calendar
- Manage internal and business comms and with the vendor
- Deal with any issues/queries/problems relating to release planning