DevOps Lead - Azure DevOps & Platform Engineering

The DevOps Lead provides enterprise-wide leadership for CI/CD governance, deployment automation, and platform modernization across a 32-application portfolio. This role is responsible for standardizing Azure DevOps practices, modernizing release pipelines, and reducing deployment risk while enabling faster, more reliable software delivery. This is a hands-on technical leadership, focused on improving SDLC maturity, eliminating manual deployment dependencies, and supporting cloud modernization initiatives. Key Responsibilities Azure DevOps & CI/CD Governance

• Standardize and modernize Azure DevOps pipelines across applications.

• Transition legacy release configurations toward standardized, code-based CI/CD.

• Establish reusable pipeline templates and enforce branching strategies.

• Ensure deployment configurations are version-controlled and documented. Release & Deployment Management

• Eliminate manual production deployment processes.

• Define and enforce environment promotion standards (Dev * Test * Prod).

• Implement automated approval workflows and rollback procedures.

• Reduce single-developer deployment risk through standardized automation. Infrastructure & Cloud Modernization

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

• Support AWS-focused modernization initiatives.

• Standardize environment provisioning and reduce configuration drift.

• Promote containerization and deployment consistency where appropriate. SDLC & Quality Integration

• Integrate automated testing and security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.

• Establish DevOps performance metrics (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate).

• Improve traceability from work items through production release. Risk Reduction & Cross-Team Enablement

• Reduce application-level silos through standardized tooling.

• Ensure multiple developers can confidently deploy applications.

• Support cross-training initiatives in partnership with Scrum Master.

• 7+ years of DevOps or platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Azure DevOps (TFS) experience.
• Minimum active secret level clearance.
• Development team guidance and management.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and branch governance.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Experience supporting cloud-hosted applications (AWS preferred).
• Knowledge and adherence to ISO standards.
• Knowledge of secure SDLC practices in regulated environments.