0911 - Mid/Sr DevOps Engineer (Windows environments)

<p>Our <strong>client</strong> is a Chicago-headquartered IT consulting firm founded in 2008, with team members based across four continents and nine countries. Joining them means working alongside a globally distributed team of engineers, consultants, and technology specialists on projects for enterprise clients, including 17 Fortune 100 companies, multiple Fortune 500 organizations, and many household names recognized worldwide. Project work spans industries such as engineering, transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, finance, and retail, and falls under service areas including Digital Strategy, Marketing &amp; Data Execution, Software Experience Development, Quality Engineering, Security, and AI solutions. Over its 16+ year history, our client has been recognized by the Department of Defense, featured in a published Adobe Systems case study, and honored with the AT&amp;T Crystal Award and the Illinois Hiring Heroes award for its commitment to veteran hiring. Consultants work across on-site, remote, and hybrid engagements, giving employees exposure to a broad range of technologies, clients, and industries throughout their careers.</p><p>The <strong>customer</strong> is a global technology organization supporting enterprise technology platforms in the Clinical Trials/CRO/Pharmaceutical Industry.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong>:&nbsp;<br>- Design, implement, improve, and remediate CI/CD processes and deployment pipelines.<br>- Migrate enterprise workloads to cloud platforms using established migration frameworks, best practices, and organizational standards.<br>- Automate cloud deployments and build CI/CD pipelines supporting cloud-native and cloud-hosted workloads.<br>- Provide technical expertise and help develop organizational capabilities in cloud engineering and DevOps practices.<br>- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies, DevOps methodologies, and automation tools.<br>- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams while taking ownership of assigned initiatives.<br>- Identify opportunities for continuous process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency.</p><p><strong>Requirements &amp; Qualifications</strong>:<br>- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.<br>- Proven experience in software development and DevOps engineering.<br>- Strong experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and modern DevOps practices.<br>- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.<br>- Strong written and verbal communication abilities (Upper-Intermediate spoken and written English or above is required).<br>- Familiarity with MLOps concepts and practices is a plus.<br>- Experience as a DevOps Engineer creating CI/CD pipelines for various technologies such as Java and .NET.<br>- Strong scripting experience in Groovy, Python, Java, Bash, JavaScript, Maven, and Ant.<br>- Strong working knowledge of Windows environments.<br>- Solid understanding of Kubernetes and Docker, including building and supporting enterprise CI/CD environments.<br>- Experience with DevOps and automation tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and similar platforms.<br>- Knowledge of source code management best practices, including branching, merging, and release strategies.<br>- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and cloud security concepts.<br>- Experience with cloud services including API management, application gateways, container platforms, messaging services, identity and access management, secrets management, application registrations, and object storage.<br>- Microsoft Azure experience is preferred.<br>- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.<br>- Good understanding of relational databases and SQL query development.<br>- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.</p><p><strong>Benefits and working conditions</strong>:<br>- 100% remote job<br>- Long-term employment&nbsp;<br>- Well-known customer with modern technologies&nbsp;<br>- Competitive salary&nbsp;<br>- Great international team (from the US, England, Poland, India)<br>- CET business hours (10:00-11:00 AM to 6:00-7:00 PM)<br>- 10 days vacation, 5 sick days, 6 US-based holidays&nbsp;</p>