NCDOT - Technical Specialist- Junior - Abacus Service Corporation

NCDIT-Transportation Web Systems group seeks a Cloud DevOps Expert with proven skills for a 12-month engagement for the support of several Department of Highways cloud initiatives.

**The candidate must come onsite on the first day to collect equipment.**
**All candidates must be local to the Triangle region of North Carolina, and posting will require 1 day per week in a Triangle area office.**

NCDIT-Transportation Web Systems group seeks a Cloud DevOps Expert with proven skills for a 12-month engagement for the support of several Department of Highways cloud initiatives. This position will be responsible for the development and design of new and existing PaaS applications and their involved infrastructure. This individual will work with existing staff to plan and design a cloud solution for several existing applications developed and supported by our internal development team. PaaS applications, Web Application Firewall, CI/CD, Storage Management, & Azure DevOps will be some of the products that this position will be focused on. Responsibilities will also include developing business requirements, facilitating change management documentation, and developing pipelines to deploy resources to the cloud. This individual will work closely with a development technical lead and discuss all aspects of the design and planning with the development team.
Responsibilities:

• Research application design for transformation and modernization of enterprise applications using Azure cloud and Terraform.
• Assist in deploying and maintaining cloud infrastructure for the organization.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the Azure platform including Azure Networking, Web Application Firewall, API Management Services, and Microsoft Entra/Active Directory and development.
• Research and Recommend Azure PaaS Application and Networking Services to support growth into the cloud.
• Document Disaster Recovery technical procedures for Azure Applications
• Create Architectural diagrams and documentation for existing cloud-hosted applications
• Research, document, and implement an integration process between Azure DevOps and ServiceNow
• Research products and new technologies to increase the efficiency of business and operations

Required / Desired Skills

Skill	Required / Desired	Amount	of Experience

Excellent interpersonal skills as well as written and communication skills.

Required

5

Years

A solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines pertaining to deploying resources using DevOps with Bicep, Terraform, to cloud environments like AWS or Azure

Required

2

Years

Ability to write clean, easy to understand IaC (Bicep, Terraform, or Ansible)

Required

2

Years

Deep, hands-on technical expertise on cloud-based infrastructure like AWS or Azure and its features/offerings

Required

5

Years

Strong understanding of networking within environments like AWS or Azure as well as familiarity with network management through Active Directory

Required

5

Years

Experience in as a cloud-platform administrator and architect role for cloud-based solutions

Required

5

Years