Senior DevOps / Test Automation / Analytics Consultant

This role is a senior consulting position focused on improving software delivery processes for web applications and services built with Next.js, .NET Core, and Python. The consultant will work with code hosted in GitHub, delivery via GitHub Actions, and GitOps using ArgoCD. The applications are hosted in Kubernetes clusters (EKS), with some frontends on AWS S3/Cloudfront. The position supports a project aimed at advancing continuous integration, release strategies, and analytics in the manufacturing industry.

• Strong experience with GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of GitOps principles for deployment to Kubernetes.
• Experience with end-to-end testing in browser-based applications.
• Familiarity with Next.js, .NET Core, and Python.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra / Azure AD authentication.
• Experience designing CI/CD strategies for multi-repo and monorepo setups.
• Experience with observability or analytics dashboards, preferably Grafana.

• Assess current CI/CD setup and recommend improvements.
• Design reusable pipeline strategies for Next.js apps, .NET Core services, Python services, monorepos, and full-stack repos.
• Implement or guide the implementation of build and test automation, deployment validation, sandbox smoke tests, end-to-end tests, and release promotion gates.
• Help design a test strategy for Microsoft Entra authentication flows.
• Recommend structuring of test environments and test data.
• Define a practical analytics and event tracking approach for product usage.
• Assist in creating Grafana dashboards for business and technical stakeholders.
• Document the solution for internal team maintenance.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Playwright.
• Knowledge of release promotion models and gated deployments.
• Experience with OpenTelemetry or event-based analytics.
• Experience working with self-hosted infrastructure.
• Ability to help teams establish durable engineering practices.