Azure DevOps Subject Matter Expert

About the role

At DuPont, the Azure DevOps SME defines, governs, and advances enterprise Azure DevOps practices across CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, platform engineering, automation, observability, SRE, and cloud transformation. Day-to-day, the role designs enterprise-grade DevOps architectures, creates and governs standards for Azure Repos, Pipelines, Boards, GitHub Enterprise, and Actions, leads automation for infrastructure provisioning and release orchestration, champions IaC with Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates, embeds DevSecOps controls, enables Docker and AKS delivery patterns, applies SRE practices, and mentors engineers while partnering with Security, Architecture, Development, Operations, and Product teams. This position is based in Gurgaon, Haryana or Hyderabad, Telangana and operates on a hybrid work model.

What you’ll do

• Design enterprise-grade DevOps architectures for Azure cloud, hybrid, and application delivery platforms.
• Create and govern standards for Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, branching, releases, artifacts, and environments.
• Lead automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration, application deployment, release orchestration, and cloud operations.
• Drive CI/CD adoption across multiple teams by delivering reusable pipeline templates, deployment patterns, and engineering playbooks.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM Templates with secure, modular, reusable designs.
• Embed DevSecOps controls such as policy as code, vulnerability checks, RBAC, secrets management, audit readiness, and compliance automation.
• Enable Docker and AKS delivery patterns, including container security, Kubernetes operations, and scalable deployment models.
• Apply SRE practices to improve availability, resilience, monitoring, alerting, recovery, and operational excellence.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
• 5+ years of hands-on Azure DevOps Services experience in enterprise environments.
• Proven success leading cloud transformation, CI/CD modernization, IaC adoption, or large-scale automation programs.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior SME, technical advisor, architect, mentor, and engineering change leader.
• Expertise in Azure DevOps Services including Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines, Azure Boards, Azure Artifacts, YAML pipelines, approvals, environments, release controls, and governance.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Cloud Platform covering compute, networking, identity, RBAC, governance, security, monitoring, management, and enterprise landing zone patterns.
• Proficiency in IaC and automation using Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, reusable modules, and configuration management practices.

Nice to have

• Experience with enterprise cloud migration, modernization, platform engineering, and internal developer platforms.
• FinOps awareness and ability to reduce operating cost through automation, standardization, and platform optimization.
• Experience in large, regulated, global environments requiring strong governance, auditability, security, and compliance.
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering, API management, multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud, or advanced observability practices.

Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.