DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote

Eastern, Central and Mountain time zones.

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Public Trust clearance; therefore, U.S. citizenship is required in accordance with the client s federal agency eligibility standards.

In accordance with Public Trust background investigation guidelines, candidates must have resided within the United States for at least the past five years. Extended travel or residence outside the United States totaling more than six months during the past five years (excluding official military service) may affect eligibility.

Description:

Client is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, build and maintain robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines that support the continuous integration and delivery of software across multiple environments. This role will play a key part in automating workflows, improving productivity and ensuring reliable software released. The ideal candidate will be responsible for writing, reviewing and maintaining Terraform modules to provision and manage scalable, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure across multiple environments.

Responsibilities:

Build reusable pipeline templates, jobs and stages for CI/CD consistency across teams

Configure GitLab Runners and manage environment-specific variables and secrets

Maintain version-controlled infrastructure for pipelines using GitOps practices

Monitor pipeline performance and resolve issues related to pipeline failures or misconfigurations

Ensure security, compliance and tractability are built into every pipeline

Analyze existing CI/CD pipelines to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies and reliability issues

Redesign and optimize pipelines stages to reduce build and deployment times

Integrate with tools for automated testing, security scanning, code quality and monitoring

Fine-tune GitLab Runners for cost efficiency and performance

Automate rollback, promotion and approval steps for smoother process

Monitor pipeline health and reliability with metrics and dashboards

Maintain and enhance existing Terraform codebase to manage cloud infrastructure across multiple environments

Perform regular Terraform code reviews and collaborate on code quality and architectural decisions

Manage state files, remote backends (S3, Terraform Cloud) and secure secrets integration

Implement automated workflows for rebuilding images and part of CI/CD pipelines

Document image change history and maintain clear audit train of image version and updates

Rollout updated images to ECS or other container orchestration platforms

Conduct vulnerability scans and remediate identified issues

Troubleshoot infrastructure provisioning issues and perform root cause analysis

Document pipeline structure, performance, improvements and best practices

Track infrastructure architecture and workflows for internal use and compliance

Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability

Log incidents, changes, and operational metrics in tracking systems

Required Qualifications:

BA/BS in IT, Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience may be accepted in lieu of the degree)

10 + years of IT experience. 2+ years of hands-on experience with Terraform

Understanding of IaC concepts, cloud architecture and Git-based workflows

Strong scripting skills Python, Bash or similar

Hands-on experience building pipelines with GitLab CI/CD

Experience optimizing pipelines for containerized apps

Knowledge if artifact management

AWS or relevant Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate)

Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Passion for automation, consistency and quality in software delivery.

Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Thanks,
Vamsi TG
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