The Work
The Microsoft DevOps Engineer position entails system engineering tasks related to the Microsoft stack, Azure infrastructure and application deployment. The DevOps Engineer is also responsible for strategic infrastructure choices, standard operating procedures and appropriate monitoring and management of Mercury’s cloud infrastructure and our clients’ deployed production applications.
The DevOps Engineerwill be engaged in a range of web and native application development including:
Azure infrastructure solution engineering for JavaScript and NoSQL-focused web and native solutions
Visual Studio Team Services management, pipeline developmentand continuous deployment
Ongoing Application Insights, App Center and application metrics monitoring and resolution
Implement infrastructure for large-scale . NET web applications
Participate in full-stack JavaScript application development including React, React Native and Node. JS
Deploy iOS and Android native applications
Skills & Requirements
The positionrequires a strong background in systems, cloud infrastructure and experience with the Microsoft cloud ecosystem. Mercury’s technical staff possess strong skills in the technologies of their trade and, just as importantly, exhibit maturity in design patterns, architectural best practices and development frameworks. Interpersonal communication, time management and technical excellence are expected of the DevOps Engineer.
Some Specifics
At Mercury you will:
Work with a full team following GitFlow with Visual Studio Team Services-based continuous deployment pipelines
Deploy, maintainand monitorMicrosoft cloud infrastructure (Azure PaaS, IaaS, AAD and Office 365)
Stand up and administer databases(VM-installed SQL Server,PaaS Azure SQL and Azure Cosmos)
Set up and operate automated test infrastructure and runnersincluding technology such as Selenium, Jest and Appium
Implement Microsoft Modern Identity solutions for cloud applications
Write ample amounts of PowerShell
Proficiency and comfort on Agile teams (specifically, Scrum with 2 week sprints) will be a major plus for this position.
What Kind of Projects Will You Work On?
Web, native mobileand collaboration applications for the Southeast’s fastest growing commercial real estate firms
React applications for publicly-traded consumer products company
Single page applications for dominant regional logistics firm
iOS and Android applications for Fortune 50 consumer products field workforce
How to Know If You’re A Fit
If any of the following excites you, we definitely want to talk to you!
Continuous Delivery
DevOps at Microsoft
Launch Darkly
Jez Humble
To Be Continuous Podcast
This Is A Remote-Friendly Position
Mercury is a distributed workforce with developers and designers located throughout the United States. We are open to applicants located anywhere in the continental United States (we fine all team members being within 3 time zones of each other best for collaboration) and also Tampa-based developers.
About Mercury
We are a Florida-based group of talented designers and developers devoid of heavy corporate structures, approval processes and tight boundaries. Noted by our clients as giving that little extra that truly sets us apart, we seek to build sustained, successful relationships, ship customized solutions and deliver strategic counsel and zealous service. https://www.mercuryworks.com
About H1B Visas and Recruiters
At this time we are not considering the sponsorship of H1B candidates. Also, no recruiters. Definitely; please no recruiters. None. No matter how good you think your candidate is.

