W2 Role
Job Title: .NET / Azure DevOps Engineer
Location: Hopkins, MN — Onsite
Experience: 7+ years
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced .NET / Azure DevOps Engineer with strong full-stack development skills, CI/CD automation expertise, and experience in application security remediation. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with C#, .NET, ASP.NET Core, React.js, SQL Server, and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
The candidate will collaborate with clients, offshore contractors, and cross-functional engineering teams to remediate Project Mortar vulnerabilities, improve application reliability, and streamline deployment processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications using C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, .NET 8, ASP.NET MVC, and ASP.NET Core Web API.
- Develop and maintain front-end applications using React.js.
- Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Pipelines and Azure DevOps.
- Automate application deployments, environment provisioning, and release processes.
- Coordinate with clients and offshore contractors to identify, track, and remediate Project Mortar vulnerabilities.
- Develop and optimize REST APIs, microservices, Entity Framework/EF Core components, and SQL Server queries and stored procedures.
- Perform application troubleshooting, debugging, performance tuning, and production support.
- Implement unit testing, automated testing, and manual testing practices.
- Follow secure coding standards and support vulnerability remediation initiatives.
- Apply observability and monitoring practices to improve application performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with distributed teams using Agile and DevOps methodologies.
- Promote engineering best practices, automation, continuous improvement, and cloud adoption.
Required Skills
- 7+ years of overall software engineering experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, and .NET 8.
- Experience with ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core Web API, REST APIs, and microservices.
- Strong knowledge of Entity Framework, EF Core, and Microsoft SQL Server.
- 3+ years of React.js UI development experience.
- 5+ years of experience automating deployments using GitLab CI/CD Pipelines.
- Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD automation, and release management.
- Knowledge of unit testing, automated testing frameworks, and manual testing.
- Experience with secure coding, vulnerability remediation, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Ability to work effectively with clients and offshore/distributed teams.
- Familiarity with Agile practices and application monitoring/observability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud technologies and DevOps toolchains.
- Exposure to advanced observability and monitoring solutions.
- Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineering team members.
Work Arrangement: Onsite in Hopkins, Minnesota.