Sr. GitLab Engineer

Sr. GitLab Engineer

Salary: $260,000 - 300,000

Contract Length: 12 month SOW

Location: Dallas, TX – Hybrid, 3 days in-office

We’re seeking a highly skilled GitLab Engineer to join our DevOps team. The right candidate for this role will lead and execute strategic migrations, optimize CI/CD workflows, and drive infrastructure modernization. They will be critical in moving the automation ecosystem from legacy tools (Jenkins, Bitbucket, Automic, Docker) to GitLab and Podman, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure pipelines.

*This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary

Required Skills and Experience

• 8 years of experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles
• 3 years of hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, GitLab Runners, and GitLab administration
• Proficiency with scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, or Go)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Solid understanding of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud-native tooling
• Strong communication skills and a track record of cross-team collaboration
• Knowledge of JFrog Artifactory, BitBucket / GIT, SVN and other SCM tools
• Knowledge of desired state configuration, automated deployment, continuous integration, and release engineering tools like Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, Bamboo, Maven, Ant etc
• Plan and execute the end-to-end migration from Jenkins and Automic to GitLab CI/CD
• Configure and manage GitLab Runners, Groups, Projects, and Permissions at scale
• Harden GitLab for enterprise usage (SAML/SSO, LDAP, RBAC, backup/restore)
• Design, implement, and optimize complex GitLab CI/CD pipelines using YAML best practices
• Implement multi-stage, parallel, and conditional workflows for build, test, security scan, and deploy
• Integrate static code analysis, security scanning (SAST/DAST), and container scanning into pipelines
• Analyze existing Jenkins’s freestyle and scripted pipelines; translate to GitLab CI/CD syntax
• Migrate Automic workflows/jobs into GitLab, orchestrating dependencies and scheduling
• Reduce pipeline execution time through caching, artifact reuse, and pipeline templating
• Lead the migration of container build and deployment processes from Docker to Podman/Buildah
• Author GitLab CI templates for Podman-based image builds and registries
• Ensure the security and compliance of container images (signing, vulnerability scanning)
• Leverage Terraform, Ansible, or similar to provision and manage self-hosted GitLab and runners
• Implement GitOps practices to manage infrastructure and environment configurations
• Automate operational tasks and incident remediation via pipelines and scripts
• Partner with application teams to onboard them onto GitLab workflows and best practices
• Develop and maintain clear runbooks, wiki pages, and pipeline templates
• Conduct workshops, brown-bags, and training sessions to evangelize GitLab CI/CD
• Integrate monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK) for GitLab health and pipeline performance
• Implement policies and guardrails to ensure code quality, compliance, and security posture
• Troubleshoot and resolve CI/CD or migration-related incidents in a timely manner

Preferred

• A BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience with good scripting/programming skills
• GitLab Certified CI/CD Specialist or GitLab Administrator Certification
  Contributions to the GitLab open-source project or similar tooling
• Prior software experience with build management, configuration management and/or quality testing
• Experience with SCM practices including Agile, continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD)

Team Culture

The team is fast paced, fun, highly energetic, motivated and hardworking. We expect our candidates to be integrated into our results-driven and solution-oriented culture from the get-go. Our team attains high-quality results on challenging projects; the belief that outcomes are linked to one's effort rather than chance and the tendency to personally set challenging yet realistic goals.