Dot Net Azure DevOps Engineer role at Hopkins MN

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.