Cloud DevOps Engineer
Information Technology
Information Technology
Chicago , Illinois Contract Mar 3, 2025
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: 11 months, contract
Pay: $65-70 per hour w2
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired.
Ensure Azure service availability, automate processes, and bridge gaps between development and operations. Focus on improving availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, incident response, patch management, and capacity planning.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Location: Remote
Duration: 11 months, contract
Pay: $65-70 per hour w2
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Retail client with over $80B in annual revenue has over 2,000 stores, across 21 US states, with over 400,000 employees. This company is a leader in sustainable retailing with a passion for delivering excellence. By driving omni channel growth, efficiency in the shopping experience and continuing to develop with new technologies; this company is growing and developing continuing success. The leadership team strives for work-life balance for all its employees, with options for overtime if desired.
Ensure Azure service availability, automate processes, and bridge gaps between development and operations. Focus on improving availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management, monitoring, incident response, patch management, and capacity planning.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Automate and manage Azure Core Services.
- Operate continuous delivery frameworks and tools.
- Apply site reliability principles and troubleshoot across various layers.
- Enhance reliability through system architecture feedback.
- Implement automation for patch management and service health.
- Resolve service issues and improve Service KPIs.
- Ensure security and compliance.
- Plan capacity and optimize Azure costs.
- Document procedures and communication with technical teams.
- Stay updated on new technologies and practices.
- Experience with Azure IaaS, PaaS, networking, and automation tools.
- Proficiency in scripting and configuring service telemetry.
- Hands-on with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, and GitHub.
- Expertise in Windows/Linux, SQL/No-SQL DBs, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong problem-solving skills and DevOps/Agile experience.
- At least 4 years of relevant operational experience.
Category Code: JN008