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Kevin George

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Summary

Highly skilled Azure Engineer with a passion for driving DevOps excellence and optimizing cloud-based solutions. Over the past three years, I have demonstrated my proficiency in leveraging Microsoft Azure services and DevOps practices to streamline software development, deployment, and monitoring. My commitment to continuous learning, adaptability, and results-driven approach allows me to tackle complex challenges and contribute to the success of projects and teams.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Azure DevOps Engineer

CVS
06.2021 - Current

Responsibilities:

  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure Pipelines for a .NET Core web application, reducing deployment time by 50%
  • Implemented a branching strategy using Gitflow, which improved code collaboration and reduced conflicts during a critical project with multiple development teams
  • Configured and customized Azure Boards for an Agile Scrum project, enabling efficient backlog management and sprint planning
  • Successfully deployed .NET applications to Azure App Service with auto-scaling enabled, ensuring seamless performance during peak traffic
  • Set up Azure Monitor with custom alerts and dashboards, enabling real-time monitoring of application health and performance
  • Implemented Azure Active Directory (AAD) integration to enforce role-based access control (RBAC) and enhance application security
  • Troubleshoot and resolve deployment failures in Azure Pipelines by identifying misconfigurations in build pipelines.

Azure DevOps Engineer/QA Analyst

Genesis
01.2021 - 06.2021

Responsibilities

  • Integrated Jenkins with Azure DevOps to automate CI/CD workflows
  • Resolved complex merge conflicts and conducted code reviews to ensure high code quality and smooth collaboration within the team
  • Led daily stand-ups and sprint retrospectives, fostering a collaborative environment and promoting the adoption of Agile practices
  • Utilized Terraform to manage infrastructure as code, resulting in consistent and repeatable deployments across multiple environments
  • Leveraged Application Insights to identify and optimize performance bottlenecks in a .NET application, resulting in a 20% improvement in response times
  • Worked closely with development, QA, and operations teams to identify and resolve deployment issues promptly, maintaining high availability for critical applications
  • Utilized Azure Log Analytics and KQL to analyze log data, facilitating efficient monitoring and problem-solving for cloud services and applications.
  • Collaborated with product owners to prioritize and deliver features on time, contributing to the successful launch of multiple projects.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

The University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX

Skills

  • DevOps Tools : Azure DevOps, GIT, BitBucket, JIRA, Jenkins
  • Databases : Azure SQL Database, MySQL Database, Cosmos Database
  • Scripting : Terraform, PowerShell, Linux
  • Platform : Windows and Linux

Certification

  • AZ-900: Azure developer Associate

Timeline

Azure DevOps Engineer

CVS
06.2021 - Current

Azure DevOps Engineer/QA Analyst

Genesis
01.2021 - 06.2021

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

The University of Texas At Arlington
Kevin George