DevOps Lead - Dearborn, MI

DTS is looking for DevOps Lead for our direct client Position in Dearborn, MI

Role Overview

A DevOps Lead to come in as a contractor (with potential to convert) and replace a highly experienced team member. This person needs to operate at an architectural level, owning infrastructure and DevOps pipeline design across multiple tech stacks while collaborating broadly across engineering and operations. It’s a hands-on leadership role with strong emphasis on Azure and infrastructure-as-code.

Top Required Skills / Qualifications

• Terraform expertise (Infrastructure as Code) – must be strong in IAC and able to design and implement infrastructure
• Deep Azure expertise – expert-level knowledge of Azure technologies, including Key Vault and overall ecosystem
• DevOps architecture & pipeline development – ability to design and build pipelines, support branching strategies, and work across multiple stacks (Java, .NET, Databricks)

Preferred / Differentiating Skills

• Prior leadership or team lead experience (nice to have, not required)
• Experience coaching teams on branching strategies and DevOps best practices
• Familiarity with JFrog Artifactory
• Exposure to ML Ops / deploying machine learning models (Databricks-related work)
• Experience working in high-security / locked-down environments

Additional Details

• Engagement Type: Contract-to-hire (6-month contract)
• Team Structure: Small team (2 people), but heavy cross-functional collaboration with developers and operations
• Leadership Expectations: Will guide another contractor; must be able to make decisions and direct work (even if not a formal manager)
• Culture Fit: Strong collaboration required; must work well across teams (no difficult personalities)
• Location Requirement: Initially onsite/local preferred; remote only if necessary
• Key Projects:
• • Migration from Bitbucket → Azure DevOps
  • Transition from Jenkins pipelines → Azure DevOps
  • Building pipelines for Databricks (ML/AI model deployments)
• Environment Notes:
• • Highly secure/locked-down environment
  • Regular collaboration with security team (weekly meetings)

Preliminary Screening Questions

1. Describe the Git branching strategy you have implemented and what policies you put in place in an Azure DevOps pipeline.
2. Describe how you have structured Azure DevOps YAML pipeline templates to support multiple teams.
3. What was the most difficult challenge you had implementing DevOps, and why was it challenging?

Job Summary

The DevOps Lead will design, implement, and support agile solutions and processes leveraged by applications hosted in our Microsoft Azure environment. This role is pivotal in driving continuous integration, continuous delivery, and security practices, with a heavy focus on Infrastructure as Code, IaC, and supporting the migration toward containerized workloads.

Your expertise will help optimize development workflows, automate the provisioning of Azure resources, and ensure the highest level of security through automated governance and Security as Code practices.

Essential Job Functions

• Collaborate with Agile development teams to design, implement, and maintain a secure software development lifecycle and automated cloud infrastructure aligned with Agile principles.
• Design, develop, and maintain modular Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Bicep to provision and manage Azure resources, including Azure Databricks, networking, and container orchestration platforms, in a repeatable and auditable manner.
• Design and implement team-specific CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps that account for differences across various technology stacks, including Java, .NET, Node.js, and Python.
• Support and optimize containerized deployments, ensuring best practices for image management, registry security, and orchestration within the Azure ecosystem.
• Integrate security best practices into CI/CD pipelines, including code scanning, static analysis, and container image scanning using tools such as SonarQube, JFrog, and Azure Defender for Containers.
• Automate the setup and configuration of Azure Kubernetes Service, AKS, or Azure Container Apps environments.
• Advocate for software engineering practices such as unit testing, code reviews, and automated infrastructure testing to improve end-to-end secure delivery.
• Partner with teams to facilitate practical automation solutions and custom IaC modules that adhere to organizational compliance standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor for DevOps, cloud automation, and containerization initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications and Job Requirements

• 5+ years of experience deploying and managing Azure resources at scale.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, specifically using Terraform and Bicep to manage complex Azure environments.
• Strong understanding of Terraform state management, module design, workspace strategies, and pipeline integration.
• 5+ years of experience implementing DevOps for application teams using Agile development methodology.
• Hands-on experience integrating SonarQube, JFrog, and other security tooling into pipelines.
• In-depth technical expertise in DevOps techniques, including CI/CD, continuous testing, and automated infrastructure provisioning.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, and Python to automate tasks.
• 5+ years of experience building YAML-based CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and/or Jenkins.
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps Pipelines/Repos, Jenkins, Git, and Ansible.
• Hands-on experience implementing security scanning for application code, IaC templates, and container images.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service, or Azure Container Instances.
• Certified Azure Solutions Architect or Azure DevOps Engineer, AZ-400.

Contact:

Ajay Bharbutta
Team Lead
Digital Technology Solutions
313-489-9795