Azure DevOps Technical Lead

Job Title: Azure DevOps technical Lead

Location: Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

Duration: 6 Month s Contract

Job Description: We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps / Release Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms, deployment automation frameworks, and release orchestration solutions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who has built automation using Python, Jenkins, Ansible, JFrog Artifactory, and Git-based workflows in highly regulated environments with formal release governance.

This is not a cloud infrastructure engineering role focused primarily on Terraform, networking, VPCs, or infrastructure provisioning. The primary focus is release automation, software delivery lifecycle management, artifact promotion, and deployment platform engineering.

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Key Responsibilities

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, or equivalent platforms.
• Create pipeline-as-code solutions with conditional logic based on Git branches, tags, release types, and deployment targets.
• Implement reusable deployment workflows that support multiple application teams.

Release Automation

• Design and maintain automated release processes across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments.
• Implement approval gates, artifact promotion workflows, and deployment controls.
• Standardize deployments across multiple applications and business units.

Ansible Automation

• Develop Ansible playbooks from scratch.
• Design reusable Ansible roles and Jinja2 templates.
• Manage environment-specific configurations and inventory structures.
• Develop Ansible Tower/AWX workflows, surveys, and role-based deployment processes.

Python Development

• Develop Python automation solutions for:

o File processing

o YAML/JSON/XML parsing

o Regex-based routing logic

o Command execution using subprocess

o Release orchestration

o Build automation

o Configuration management

Artifact Management

• Administer JFrog Artifactory repositories.
• Implement artifact publishing and promotion workflows.
• Design environment-specific artifact lifecycle management.

Source Control Management

• Manage Git workflows including:

o Branching strategies

o Cherry-picking

o Merge conflict resolution

o Release branching

o Tag management

o Git LFS

Database Release Management

• Build and maintain Liquibase-based database deployment pipelines.
• Create changelogs, changesets, rollback strategies, and context-based deployments.

Enterprise Governance

• Work within regulated release management frameworks.
• Support change approvals and CAB processes.
• Ensure auditability, traceability, and compliance requirements are met.

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Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, or Release Automation experience.
• Advanced Python scripting experience.
• Strong Jenkins Pipeline (Jenkinsfile/Groovy) development experience.
• Strong Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX experience.
• Hands-on JFrog Artifactory experience.
• Strong Git expertise beyond basic source control usage.
• Experience with Liquibase or comparable database release tooling.
• Experience supporting enterprise SDLC and release governance processes.
• Experience building automation solutions for consumption by multiple engineering teams.

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Preferred Qualifications

• Payments domain experience:

o ACI

o Volante

o FIS

o Fedwire

o CHIPS

o SWIFT

o ISO 20022

• Financial services experience:

o Wells Fargo

o JPMorgan Chase

o Bank of America

o Citi

o Capital One

• Experience in highly regulated enterprise environments.