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Client Job Description : We are looking for DevOps Engineer with Gitlab Specialist.

Mandatory Areas

Must Have Skills -

Gitlab : 8 Years

Terraform : 5 Years

GitOps : 5 Years

Cloud : 5 Years

Grafana : 2 Years

Kubernetes : 5 Years

Mandatory if Applicable

Domain Experience (If any) - Telecom Preferred but not mandatory

Must have Certifications -

Prior UST experience - Y / N

If yes - provide dates, details of account / project

Location - Frisco, TX

Onsite Requirement - Y

Number of days onsite - 3

If Onsite - Office Address - 3560 Dallas Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034, United States

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr DevOps Engineer to join our growing team for T-CLOUD CICD Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving abilities, proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible, experience in automating GitLab pipelines, experienced in platform Engineering, experience on building scalable platforms from scratch. This role requires a deep understanding of IaC code automation, infrastructure, advance level Linux Troubleshooting skills, Kubernetes hands on experience, networking, AWS and Azure cloud services, development skills on automation with shell & python.

Key Responsibilities :

Demonstrates a high level of ownership and accountability, taking initiative in driving projects to completion and proactively addressing challenges with minimal supervision.
Design, Develop, and Implement IaC : Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to ensure efficient and reliable deployment of resources.
Platform Engineering : Hands on experiences on build platforms from scratch and building operational excellence.

Pipeline Automation : Develop and manage GitLab CI / CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes, ensuring high-quality software delivery.

Cloud Management : Architect, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure on AWS, Azure or on-prem BareMetal / VMs

Scripting and Automation : Write and maintain shell and Python scripts to automate routine tasks, improve system efficiency, and support operational processes.

Compliance Assurance : Ensure that infrastructure and deployments comply with industry standards and regulations, implementing necessary controls and documentation to maintain compliance

Collaboration and Support : Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to troubleshoot issues, optimize performance, and ensure seamless integration and deployment.

Monitoring and Optimization : Implement and maintain monitoring solutions to ensure system health and performance and proactively address potential issues.

Documentation and Best Practices : Document processes, configurations, and procedures, and promote best practices in infrastructure and deployment management.

BCP / DR : Business continuity and DR plan for platform contingency

Continuous Improvement : Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve the DevOps practices and infrastructure.

Required Skills and Qualifications :

Problem-Solving Skills : Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify, diagnose, and resolve technical issues efficiently.

IaC Proficiency : Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible and terraform

Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Alertmanager for monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud-native environments.

Strong understanding of setting up and managing monitoring stacks using Prometheus for metrics collection, Grafana for visualization, Loki for centralized logging, and Alertmanager for alerting and notification management.

CI / CD and GitOps Expertise : Extensive experience with GitLab CI / CD pipeline automation.

Scripting Languages : Proficiency in shell scripting and Python for automation and system management tasks.

Self-Motivated and Collaborative : Highly self-motivated with a strong collaborative mindset to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Communication Skills : Excellent verbal and written communication skills to articulate technical concepts and solutions clearly.

Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and Alertmanager for monitoring, logging, and alerting in cloud-native environments.

Hands-on experience in managing and deploying applications on OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring seamless orchestration, scaling, and monitoring of containerized applications.

Hands-on experience with integrating Azure Entra IDP (Identity Provider) for user authentication, single sign-on (SSO), and identity management across cloud and on-premises applications.

Good to have :

Secrets Management

Enabling the customers / partners with tactical solutions and strategic thinking

Technical thought leader

Infra Support and Customer support

Security left thought process

Linux Administration

Compliance Adherence

Job Description : Expectations from this role :

1. Interprets the DevOps Tool / feature / component design to develop / support the same in accordance with specifications

2. Adapts existing DevOps solutions and creates own DevOps solutions for new contexts

3. Codes, debugs, tests, documents and communicates DevOps development stages / status of DevOps develop / support issues

4. Select appropriate technical options for development such as reusing, improving or reconfiguration of existing components

5. Optimises efficiency, cost and quality of DevOps process, tools and technology development

6. Validates results with user representatives; integrates and commissions the overall solution

7. Helps Engineers troubleshoot issues that are novel / complex and are not covered by SOPs

8. Design, install, configure, troubleshoot CI / CD pipelines and software

9. Able to automate infrastructure provisioning on cloud / in-premises with the guidance of architects

10. Provides guidance to DevOps Engineers so that they can support existing components

11. Work with diverse teams with Agile methodologies

12. Facilitate saving measures through automation

13. Mentors A1 and A2 resources

14. Involved in the Code Review of the team

Typical performance measures : Typical performance measures :

1. Quality of deliverables

2. Error rate / completion rate at various stages of SDLC / PDLC

3. # of components / reused

4. # of domain / technology certification / product certification obtained

5. SLA for onboarding and supporting users and ticketsPerformance Areas :

Automated components

Deliver components that automat parts to install components / configure of software / tools in on

premises and on cloud

Deliver components that automate parts of the build / deploy for applications

Configured components

Configure a CI / CD pipeline that can be used by application development / support teams

Scripts

Develop / Support scripts (like Powershell / Shell / Python scripts) that automate installation / configuration / build / deployment tasks

Onboard users

Onboard and extend existing tools to new app dev / support teams

Mentoring

Mentor and provide guidance to peers

Stakeholder Management

Guide the team in preparing status updates, keeping management updated about the status

Training / SOPs

Create Training plans / SOPs to help DevOps Engineers with DevOps activities and in onboarding users

Measure Process Efficiency / Effectiveness

Measure and pay attention to efficiency / effectiveness of current process and make changes to make them more efficiently and effectively

Stakeholder Management

Share the status report with higher stakeholder

Skill Examples :

1. Experience in the design, installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of CI / CD pipelines and software using Jenkins / Bamboo / Ansible / Puppet / Chef / PowerShell / Docker / Kubernetes

2. Experience in Integrating with code quality / test analysis tools like Sonarqube / Cobertura / Clover

3. Experience in Integrating build / deploy pipelines with test automation tools like Selenium / Junit / NUnit

4. Experience in Scripting skills (Python / Linux / Shell / Perl / Groovy / PowerShell)

5. Experience in Infrastructure automation skill (ansible / puppet / Chef / Powershell)

6. Experience in repository Management / Migration Automation - GIT / BitBucket / GitHub / Clearcase

7. Experience in build automation scripts - Maven / Ant

8. Experience in Artefact repository management - Nexus / Artifactory

9. Experience in Dashboard Management & Automation- ELK / Splunk

10. Experience in configuration of cloud infrastructure (AWS / Azure / Google)

11. Experience in Migration of applications from on-premises to cloud infrastructures

12. Experience in Working on Azure DevOps / ARM (Azure Resource Manager) / DSC (Desired State Configuration) / Strong debugging skill in C# / C Sharp and Dotnet

13. Setting and Managing Jira projects and Git / Bitbucket repositories

14. Skilled in containerization tools like Docker / KubernetesKnowledge Examples :

1. Knowledge of Installation / Config / Build / Deploy processes and tools

2. Knowledge of IAAS - Cloud providers (AWS / Azure / Google etc.) and their tool sets

3. Knowledge of the application development lifecycle

4. Knowledge of Quality Assurance processes

5. Knowledge of Quality Automation processes and tools

6. Knowledge of multiple tool stacks not just one

7. Knowledge of Build Branching / Merging

8. Knowledge about containerization

9. Knowledge on security policies and tools

10. Knowledge of Agile methodologies

Additional Sills : Shell Scripting,CI / CD,DEVOPS TOOLS Skills :

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