DevOps Engineer

We are seeking a visionary DevOps Engineer to lead a large-scale DevOps transformation for a governmental company. Unlike a standard engineering role, this position requires a strategic leader capable of assessing current maturity levels, designing a target operating model, and driving a cultural shift toward DevSecOps. As a DevOps will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle from assessing the current state to the implementation of a secure, automated framework while coaching the client’s team to ensure sustainable capability building. Key Responsibilities 1. DevOps Assessment & Roadmap Design Maturity Assessment: Conduct a comprehensive Current State Analysis of existing tools,practices, and security posture utilizing industry standards like DORA metrics to identify the current DevOps maturity level. Gap Analysis: Identify operational gaps, user pain points, and security vulnerabilities, delivering a detailed "Current State Analysis Report" and "Security Maturity Assessment Report." Action Planning: Propose strategic recommendations and a phased DevSecOps Implementation Roadmap, outlining tasks, expected outcomes, and an "Action Plan" to bridge identified gaps. 2. DevOps Framework Development & Governance Target Operating Model (TOM): Design and implement a DevSecOps Framework that includes detailed policies, standards, governance models, and interaction models outlining roles and responsibilities. Security Integration: Develop an "Application Security Service Catalog" and integrate security best practices (Shift-Left) into the pipeline, ensuring compliance with governance policies. Release Governance: Establish rigorous release governance policies to ensure strict adherence to standards and prepare compliance reports. 3. Cultural Transformation & Capability Building Change Leadership: Lead the implementation of changes, driving a cultural shift in mindset toward collaboration, automation, and shared responsibility between development and operations teams. Coaching & Mentoring: Provide hands-on coaching to build internal team capability, ensuring knowledge transfer and sustainable improvements beyond the consultancy period. Training Programs: Develop and deliver "Training and Awareness Program Materials" tailored to different roles to ensure the seamless adoption of new tools and processes. 4. Technical Implementation & Automation (Hands-on) CI/CD Optimization: Oversee the design of secure CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps, ensuring the automation of builds, testing, and database procedures. Secrets Management: Implement Vault for advanced secrets management, ensuring secure access control, secret rotation, and data protection policies. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Lead the automation of infrastructure using Terraform or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to ensure consistency and scalability. Monitoring & Observability: Define a "Monitoring and Reporting Framework" to provide full visibility into security and operational metrics, optimizing performance and minimizing downtime. Strategic Expertise: Proven experience conducting DevOps maturity assessments (DORA) and defining target operating models (TOM) for enterprise or government clients. Technical Proficiency: Deep expertise in Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines). Strong knowledge of Vault for secrets management. Hands-on experience with IaC tools (Terraform/ARM) and scripting (Shell). Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead cultural change, mentor teams, and manage stakeholders in a high-compliance environment. Documentation: Exceptional skill in creating high-level strategic documentation (Roadmaps, Frameworks, Gap Analysis Reports