Build Engineer​/DevOps; Microsoft

Build Engineer / Dev Ops (Microsoft) - Contract to hire

USM Business Systems Inc. is a quickly developing worldwide System Integrator, Software and Product Development, IT Outsourcing and Technology assistance supplier headquartered in Chantilly, VA with off-shore delivery centers in India.

Utilizing our industry knowledge, administration service offering expertise and innovation abilities, we distinguish new business and innovation slants and create answers for help customers around the globe, giving top of the line solid and practical IT benefits which are cost effective services.

Established in 1999, the organization has corner qualities in building and dealing with a Business Oriented IT environment with rich involvement in technology innovation, ERP and CRM counselling, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Management, SOA, BPM, Data Warehousing, SharePoint Consulting and IT Infrastructure.

Job Title:
Build Engineer / Dev Ops (Microsoft)

Duration: 6+ month (might need to roll perm, not sure, prefer EAD/GC)

Interview Process:
Phone then F2F

Rate: $55-60/hr on C2C

As a suggestion – please do not focus on the tooling. Development experience (preferably .Net) is a must. Not interested in IT professionals who manage TFS as part of their workload. This role requires a developer willing to shift right (from Dev to CI).

Again, I am not going to mention tooling because it throws people off but this is what an ideal candidate will look like.

• Unit testing experience
• Release management experience

Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years development experience in a .NET / Microsoft environment
• Must have development and coding experience with:
• Must have experience with ALM using Agile practices
• Experience with infrastructure automation tolls, preferably Chef and Octopus
• Experience with CICD tools such as Bamboo or Jenkins or VSTS Build
• Experience working with Cloud solutions, preferably Azure
• Experience with testing frameworks such as:

Responsibilities:

• Role requires working with various cross-functional engineering specialists, project managers and application development teams to define and implement upcoming release requirements
• Facilitate communication between various teams & stakeholders in-order to increase development velocity and improve efficiency
• Serves as the technology expert on building technical requirements
• Work with Automation testing teams to improve UI and Performance
• Responsible for helping to define the design, implementation and support of infrastructure and operational components. Will create and build using Jenkins and VSTS.

OVERVIEW:

The Dev Ops Build Master is key member of an agile development team. The qualified applicant is responsible for the implementation of an application’s delivery pipeline - from version control, build, and release.

Applicant must be adept to working in a highly fluid environment which includes: frequent changes to requirements, tactics, strategies and timelines. Candidate must also be a self-learner with abilities to quickly absorb new and emerging technologies. Effective communication skills are a must as this role requires frequent interactions with other departments i.e., Application Development, QA, PMO, Operations, offshore Dev/QA teams, vendors, and the business.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with scrum masters to understand upcoming release requirements
• Manage and resolve forward/reverse integration issues with limited help (merge issues)
• Support multiple development teams working on a single development branch
• Create and maintain build definitions in VSTS Build and Jenkins
• Troubleshoot/resolve build and package issues
• Monitor/enforce code quality and test coverage standards
• Work with QA automation teams to orchestrate automated testing (UI and Performance)
• Administer VSTS version control system using Git and TFVC repositories
• Attend daily SCRUM standup meetings with development teams
• Design and develop new methods to improve Auto Nation’s development environment

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5-7 years of .NET development experience at the enterprise level using Agile best practices
• Bachelor’s degree in technology or equivalent job experience
• Strong understanding of ALM and…