TFS Developer

 JOB SCOPE:  

Work with developers and the IT team to oversee the management of code releases. Designing and implementing strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback using TFS. 

ACCOUNTABILITIES:  

Key Duties & Responsibilities: -

Design architecture – guide, build, test, implement best practices and maintain a Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment processes and solutions on Azure DevOps (MS Visual studio team services/ Team foundation services)

Experience of 5+ years needed in Team Foundation Server (TFS) Admin. Experience in VSTS, TFS (2017 onwards)

Experience in creation & customization of TFS plug-ins

Develop and maintain tools that support and automate processes for hardware or software product release including installation/packaging/deployment scripts, environment configuration scripts

Experience and interaction of the TFS architecture and administration of all related components

Experience in TFS development and customization concepts (process templates, work item type customization, custom reports, and dashboards)

Responsible for the overall stability, reliability, recoverability, operability, instrumentation, and performance of the systems

Analyze, troubleshoot, debug, and assist in problem solving in both development and production environments

Maintain and improve continuous integration and configuration management tools and processes

Monitor and tune the system to achieve optimum performance

Drive DevOps optimization activities globally by coordinating with developers, peers, and other stakeholders in the organization

Implement secure DevOps practices and identify techniques for building secure platforms, integration security requirements, secure development practices, and deployment from the beginning to the end of the software lifecycle

Evaluate and implement various MS Azure, code review and other tools to leverage continuous integration and delivery platforms for the projects along with suggesting optimization factors to improve overall application performance

Understand server and service configuration best practices and be capable of debugging and resolving issues

Manage consulting, contractor, outsourced staff of different geographical regions of varying time-zones and culture in execution of activities pertaining to projects both online and onsite 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:  

3+ years of Continuous Integration and delivery experience

5+ years of experience in TFS developement

Cloud experience – AWS, Azure - IAAS, PAAS

Repository management: GIT, TFS, SCM tools (e.g. SVN, TFS) for managing, labeling, branching, and merging source code

Tooling to automate provisioning like: AWS Cloud Formation Templates, Azure Resource Manager Templates

TFS Replication between sites

COMPETENCIES 

Behavioural

Excellent verbal & written communication

Detail oriented 

Quality/ improvement mindset 

Problem-solving skills 

Deadline oriented 

Openness to change/ adaptability 

Open to feedback & learning

Team player/ Collaborator  

Positive attitude & self-starter 

Work flexible hours with global teams

Technical

Coding and Scripting 

Software Security

Source Control: Git

Continuous Integration: TFS

Deployment Automation: Jenkins, VSTS, Octopus Deploy (optional)

Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS