SENIOR DEVOPS ARCHITECT SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Mai 23, 2025 - The Senior DevOps Architect has experience managing professionals and leading configuration management processes in both government and industry settings, focusing on DevOps and CI/CD practices. A comprehensive understanding of the Product/Application Lifecycle and Configuration Management along with strong knowledge of CM responsibilities in ALM, TFS, and Azure DevOps, support effective program management and change tracking. Additionally, hands-on experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Maven, and Docker enhances the implementation of software configuration and change management across diverse environments.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Senior DevOps Architect Resume
- Cloud Computing
- CI/CD Pipeline Management
- Infrastructure as Code
- Containerization
- Scripting
- Monitoring and Logging Tools
- Configuration Management
- Networking Concepts
- Database Management
- Security Best Practices
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
- Collaboration
- Adaptability
- Leadership
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Strategic Planning
- Team Building
Summary of Senior DevOps Architect Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Computer Science with 10 years of Experience
- Expert in Managing DevOps for Amazon AWS, bash scripting, Jenkins Chef, and Ansible
- Good exposure in managing NoSQL DB's (like Cassandra, Couch base), Kafka, Docker, Git, GitHub Bit Bucket
- Work experience possessing a healthy mix of agile and DevOps architecture capabilities
- The ability to work with customer stakeholders to articulate the implementation strategy of the product road-map
- Be able to technically engage with client leadership (both Engineering and Architecture side)
- Good communication skills - written and verbal
- Should be good at understating the requirements, and constraints and recommend technical solutions and alternatives with the cost model
- Work closely with program and project managers in the design, planning, and governance of the projects.
- Proven solid cloud architecture and best practices skills with cloud IaaS such as AWS, GCP, and MS Azure.
- Experience with both backend and front-end development
- Programming skills in Python and C++
- In-depth experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and micro-services in general
2. BS in Software Engineering with 11 years of Experience
- Experience in performance engineering, capacity engineering, availability engineering
- Experience in a Development Operations organization leading, administering, building and maintaining an automation environment.
- Experience working on a 24x7 cloud or SaaS operation team.
- Experience with infrastructure management and monitoring.
- Able to create automated deployment pipelines and establish effective processes, metrics and disciplines to ensure effective adoption and utilization.
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Experience with Microsoft tool chains (.NET, VSO/VSTS, PowerShell)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (ARM Templates/Terraform/CloudFormation)
- Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment tools (Bamboo, VSTS, TeamCity)
- Experience with Monitoring Tools (New Relic, Splunk, ELK, Data Dog)
- Experience with Scripting (Powershell, Bash, Python, etc)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
3. BS in Information Technology with 15 years of Experience
- Experience with SRE in managing cloud-based production applications
- Strong experience with Cloud Technologies, Microservices Architecture, and container technologies.
- Understanding of distributed applications in a container environment (Docker/Kubernetes) along with experience configuring and administrating Linux (or other Unix-like) systems.
- Strong working experience with DevOps, Agile, and Design/Implementation within CI/CD and Secure Software Engineering Best Practices.
- Experience in monitoring technologies such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.
- Automation and configuration management tools/solutions using Python, bash, Ansible/Chef
- Strong working experience with RESTful APIs, Ansible, Java, Kafka & GitHub.
- Strong working experience with NoSQL databases like Cassandra.
- Understanding and experience with IBM Cloud Toolchain, Jenkins, and Travis
- Understanding of Back End or Full Stack Development
- Experience working with open-source technologies.
- Strong Understanding of Networking concepts and experience in Network development such as VLANS, Gateways Appliances, Firewalls, and VPN Networks in a Cloud environment
- Knowledge of security and compliance standards and requirements
4. BS in Network Engineering with 12 years of Experience
- Demonstrate experience managing associated professionals and functions.
- Work experience in government or industry establishing, managing, and leading tool-based configuration management processes and practices for baselining traditional and Agile-based efforts to include DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD).
- A broad level of knowledge of the Product/Application Lifecycle and Configuration Management domains.
- Strong knowledge of CM responsibilities in ALM, TFS, and Azure DevOps.
- Experience in management configuration programs to ensure that all proposed and actual changes to program technology and documentation are properly staffed, approved and tracked.
- Hands-on experience in Software Configuration and change management processes and implementation across different environments (Dev, QA, Prod).
- Have knowledge/experience in other DevOps tools like Jenkins, Maven, and Docker.
- A good working knowledge of versioning control.
- Experience working in an Agile environment.
- Domain Knowledge of storage system management.
- Experience in handling customer escalations, providing initial assessment and possible workarounds and fixes
- Knowledge of configuring the load balancers, and proxies such as Ngnix or Ingress