Job Description

An Azure DevOps consultant is primarily responsible for the implementation of projects that build and support IaaS in the Azure cloud infrastructure. The role involves the ability to extract and understand the customer’s requirements, from a business as well as a technical point of view. This role is involved in the delivery of all aspects of the technical solution, from the definition and installation of a development environment to the configuration of infrastructure components, and specific fulfillment and support of the testing and deployment of the system.

The consultant must be self-driven – they will not always have the direct support of an architect on-site, and for some engagements (e.g., proofs-of-concept) they will be alone, but will still be required to structure and deliver the engagement appropriately.

The consultant will have technical skills with a strong Microsoft bias. Experience with appropriate technologies is essential, skills in Azure IaaS/PaaS, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform, Helm, are absolute requirements. Unlike in some environments, the consultant does not have the luxury of focusing exclusively on a set of tools or technologies – a willingness to step outside of their comfort zone and to learn new technologies and approaches is essential.

Job Purpose

To contribute to the success of the consulting practice, primarily by generating revenue and delivering successful, profitable projects either as project lead or as a key member of a project team; and indirectly by supporting sales activities and identifying and driving service improvements and new service offerings.

Main Duties

• Work with Architect to define and validate architecture of client solutions.
• Develop and implement solutions – either as team lead, team member or working alone.
• Provide the technical components of sales proposals.
• Knowledge sharing – responding to queries, mentoring, and delivering internal workshops, whitepapers, and other key learnings.

Leadership

• Help the business maintain and enhance its reputation by working with peers, partners, and management to drive improvements.
• Provide technical leadership through depth and breadth of knowledge and be proactive in finding ways to maximize the dissemination of that knowledge.
• Provide professional leadership through attention to quality and client satisfaction. This should be both by example and through code, design, and quality reviews.
• Help the business to achieve its objectives, both technical and commercial, by understanding its needs and priorities and working with management to meet them

Technical Requirements

• Keep skill set sufficiently relevant and up to date to allow the business to produce customer delight at the premium rates demanded.
• More than 5 years of experience as a DevOps engineer.
• More than 3 years of hands-on experience with the below technologies:
  • Azure IaaS / PaaS
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Terraform
  • Helm
• Experience running an enterprise grade microservices applications within Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Bring in continuous deployment practices to enhance our Agile posture.
• Imagine, architect, develop, deploy, and evolve CI and CD systems for our cloud applications.
• Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Industry standard tools and services.
• Write application deployment automation using industry standard deployment and configuration tools.
• Design and implement continuous delivery pipelines that serve the purpose of provisioning and operating client test as well as production environments.
• Provide systems support including responding to monitoring alerts.
• Implement and stay abreast of Cloud and DevOps industry best practices and tooling.
• Work with developers to identify necessary Azure resources and automate their provisioning.
• Document automation processes.
• CI/CD infrastructure and process troubleshooting (disk space, network issues etc.).
• CI/CD pipeline support (troubleshooting, support with setting up in new projects).
• Work closely with key stakeholders to capture, analyze, and derive DevOps requirements.
• Hands-on experience in continuous delivery and continuous integration of CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient with Git, Azure DevOps and/or GitHub.
• Strong hands-on expertise in diverse DevSecOps concepts / tools, especially on Azure DevOps, Pipelines, GitHub, GitHub actions.
• Ability to assess the requirement, environment and suggest right tools / technologies.
• Hands on experience on Kubernetes and containerization technologies like Docker and Azure Container Registry.
• Expertise in Debugging and providing solutions and workarounds.
• Knowledge on different monitoring and logging solutions available on Cloud, preferably on Azure.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coding abilities.

Certifications Preferred

• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ – 400)
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

To find out more and apply for this position, email brian.reed@oxfordcomputergroup.com. 

Job Description

An Identity Consultant is primarily responsible for the implementation of a project, whether it be a full deployment project, or a proof-of-concept. The role supports the Identity Architect and involves the ability to extract and understand the customer’s requirements, from a business and technical point of view. The Consultant is involved in the delivery of all aspects of the technical solution, including the definition and installation of a development environment, the configuration of server components, and specific fulfillment and support of the testing and deployment of the system. In addition to the technical capabilities involved, the Identity Consultant needs to be capable of engaging with the customer to clarify requirements, present technical options with reasoned argumentation, and be equipped to negotiate trade-offs. The Consultant must be self-driven – they will not always have the direct support of an architect on-site. For some engagements (e.g., proofs-of-concept) they will be required to structure and deliver the engagement while working independently.

The Consultant will have technical skills with a strong Microsoft bias. An advanced Microsoft certification is required. Experience with appropriate technologies is essential – not all consultants will cover all technologies, of course, but skills in Active Directory, Azure, Microsoft 365, SQL Server, are required. The Consultant will support the Architect with expert advice on technical matters, making timely use of technical reference resources to extend their knowledge as required. Unlike in some environments, the Consultant does not have luxury of focusing exclusively on a set of tools or technologies – a willingness to step outside of their comfort-zone and to learn new technologies and approaches is essential.

Job Purpose

To contribute to the success of the consulting practice by generating revenue and delivering successful, profitable projects either as project lead or as a key member of a project team; and indirectly by supporting sales activities by identifying and driving service improvements and new service offerings.

Main Duties

• Work with Architect to define and validate architecture of client solutions.
• Develop and implement solutions – either as team lead, team member or working alone.
• Provide the technical components of sales proposals.
• Project manage self and small team – deliver on time and on budget, manage client expectations, produce status reports, create, and update project plans and budgets; follow the OCG methodology.
• Lead projects with responsibility for project delivery, including work of others on project.
• Knowledge sharing – respond to queries and mentoring. Deliver internal workshops, whitepapers, and other key learnings.
• Develop new service offerings, tools, techniques, procedures, and policies.

Leadership

• Help the business maintain and enhance its reputation by working with peers, partners, and management to drive improvements.
• Provide technical leadership through depth and breadth of knowledge and be proactive in finding ways to maximize the dissemination of that knowledge.
• Provide professional leadership through attention to quality and client satisfaction. This should be both by example and through code, design, and quality reviews.
• Help the business to achieve its objectives, both technical and commercial, by understanding  its needs and priorities and working with management to meet them

Technical Skills

• Keep skill-set relevant and up to date to allow the business to produce high quality white glove services.
• Identity Management Systems:
  • NetIQ, SailPoint or Saviynt architecture and implementing feature sets
  • Complex SQL Management experience -solid SQL experience custom DB support/design
  • Tier 3 Identity Management support and architecture.

• Familiarity with Graph/Rest API and Visual Basic/C.
• PowerShell experience with PS scripting/troubleshooting.
• PKI Design – MS certificate creation/CA support.
• Azure AD Connect implementation and support.
• Active Directory migration experience, including advanced understanding of organizational units and directory structure, common object types (user, group, contact, etc.), commonly used attributes, permissions, and inheritance.
• Azure Active Directory: configuration, MFA, SSPR, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Security, SSO (OpenID and SAML).
• Familiarity with Advanced Threat Analytics.
• Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Sync: fluency with common management agent types (ADDS, SQL, MIMMA), synchronization (CS <-> MV <-> CS), attribute flow precedence, and Azure AD Connect.
• Microsoft Identity Manager 2016 Service/Portal
  • Understanding of traditional (policy driven) and scoping filter-based inbound/outbound synchronization rules, criteria-based sets, workflows, specifically action workflows
  • Well versed in set transition and request-based management policy rules
  • Experience with MIMWAL and understanding of different activity types, resource control display configurations and Oracle, AD-LDS, MySQL, PCNS, GALSync, and Microsoft Entra ID self-service password reset/account unlock.

• Troubleshooting/Performance:
  • Solid understanding of search requests and how MIM processes requests and scaling
  • Understanding of IIS, SQL (instances, basic permissions, aliases, etc.), PowerShell scripting
  • Fundamentals for Windows Server environment (event logs, running processes, etc.).

Delivery

Look to delight customers, enhance company reputation, and justify our claim to being experts by:

• Acting responsibly with clients’ budgets, systems, and data – the people you are working with day to day may not be the same people who are looking at the cost; it is your responsibility to be aware of the commercial arrangements for the engagement and to monitor the budget.
• Ensuring that our deliverables (code, documentation, and systems) are high quality and would stand up to any scrutiny. Seek guidance if you are in any doubt about the quality.
• Raising concerns and potential issues through the appropriate channels so that they can be addressed and planned for before they grow into monsters– if there’s any chance it might bite us later, raise it now.
• Keeping delivery promises and communicating slippage at the earliest possible opportunity through the appropriate channel.
• Understanding the customer’s business imperatives and showing appropriate flexibility – remember we’re experts in Identity Management, not in how they should run their business.
• Endeavoring to exceed customer expectation by delivering on (or under) time and budget and in doing so, encourage a long-term, commercial relationship based on trust.

To find out more and apply for this position, email brian.reed@oxfordcomputergroup.com.