DevOps Engineer/Retail/Chicago LOCAL

About the role

This role is a short term contract spanning 2-3 months with a chance of extension. It is an exciting opportunity to join a growing engineering team in a collaborative culture focused on learning, professional growth, and work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Support the Software Engineering department in building, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with the latest technologies including Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms across both Windows and Linux environments.
• Modernize development environments and drive best practices across teams.
• Build and deploy automation workflows, monitor, and alert systems.
• Manage release mechanics, environment promotion, and release reverting.
• Implement and manage Azure DevOps Artifacts for dependency management.
• Ensure compliance with pipeline security practices, access controls, and secret management.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure continuous improvement and adoption of best practices.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on DevOps experience using Azure DevOps.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Proficiency in Git version control and management workflows.
• Practical experience with release mechanics, environment promotion, and release reverting.
• Experience building automation workflows, monitoring, and alerting systems.
• Build and deployment experience with C# (.NET Core, VB.NET).
• Skilled in scripting for Azure DevOps Pipelines (YAML, PowerShell, Bash/Shell, Python).
• Experience with Linux-based containerized deployments (Docker).
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps Artifacts for dependency management.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (HTTP/S, DNS).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Ansible).
• Proven understanding of pipeline security practices, access controls, and secret management.

Qualifications

• Relevant certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert).
• Excellent critical thinking and communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset and experience in Agile/Scrum teams.