Senior Azure DevOps Engineer at IQVIA

Education: B.A/BSc/HND

Job-type: Full Time

Location: Lagos

Field: Azure

Company: IQVIA

IQVIA is a world leader in using data, technology, advanced analytics, and expertise to help customers drive healthcare forward. Together with the companies we serve, we are enabling a more modern and effective healthcare system and creating breakthrough solutions that transform business and patient outcomes.

Job Overview

  • An Azure DevOps Engineer is responsible for managing and automating the infrastructure and deployment processes on Microsoft Azure. This role involves working closely with development, operations, and security teams to ensure efficient and secure deployment of applications and services.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipeline automation around GitLab. Maintain and update GitLab runner infrastructure.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Terraform and Packer.
  • Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and security of Azure environments.
  • Collaborate with development and ops teams to ensure streamlined building and deployment of applications.
  • Implement and manage containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, deployment, and performance.
  • Ensure compliance with security best practices and policies.
  • Maintain documentation for infrastructure and deployment automation.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer).
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
  • Knowledge of agile development methodologies.
  • Previous experience working in a regulated environment (Healthcare, Life Sciences) preferred

Requirements

  • Strong experience with Azure services (VMs, AKS, Blob Storage, AppService plans, private endpoints, AGIC, APIM, Databricks, Service Bus).
  • Experience developing code in Python.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools, GitLab specifically.
  • Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (Terraform).
  • Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
  • Understanding of release engineering best practices and patterns. Particularly trunk-based development.
  • Experience with repository design best practices for enabling automation.
  • Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to communicate in English (both spoken and written) required.

Method of Application

Meet the qualifications? Apply now at IQVIA on jobs.iqvia.com

Fast Track Your Application

Want to skip the queue? Submit your CV directly and our team will prioritise your application.

Submit Your CV

Latest Jobs

Scroll to Top