The Senior DevOps Automation Engineer designs, automates, and supports a CI/CD platform and a containers platform operating in cloud and on-premises environments. Responsibilities include building reusable pipelines, maintaining Kubernetes clusters, packaging applications with Helm charts, and providing technical support and training to development teams. Candidates require at least five years of experience in CI/CD platforms, three years in Azure DevOps Server administration, two years in Kubernetes deployments, and a CKA or CKAD certification.
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Automation Engineer to join our team and design, automate and support a CI/CD platform and a containers platform running both in the cloud and on-premises. You will work closely with development teams to keep their delivery pipelines scalable, secure and reliable.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the CI/CD platform design aligns with industry best practices for scalability, security and performance
- Update existing application and infrastructure designs of the CI/CD platform
- Design, maintain and improve the containers platform, both in the cloud (e.g. Azure) and on-premises (RKE2/Rancher)
- Create reusable pipelines, pipeline templates and robust automation scripts to build, release and update applications and infrastructure components
- Ensure repeatability and ease of management for future deployments
- Package applications using Helm charts
- Upgrade application servers and agents at least twice per year
- Support development teams on their CI/CD tasks, and provide training and knowledge transfer on the platform
- Measure and report on metrics such as cycle time, time to value (TTV), uptime, error rate and team retention rate, as well as CI/CD usage
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience in CI/CD platforms
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Azure DevOps Server administration
- Minimum 2 years of experience in application deployments on Kubernetes
- Expertise in Azure DevOps Server and Services administration
- Excellent knowledge of CI/CD pipeline creation and configuration, and of DevOps principles and best practices (automation, feedback loops, fail fast, efficiency)
- Excellent knowledge of application containerisation, packaging and deployment on Kubernetes clusters (Helm charts, operators, pipelines)
- Good knowledge of Infrastructure as Code tools and methodologies, such as Terraform or Puppet
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Working knowledge of English (B2 or higher)
- Ability to support development teams and share knowledge through training sessions
Nice to Have
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- Experience with Rancher / RKE2 on-premises Kubernetes environments
- Experience with metrics and reporting on delivery performance (e.g. cycle time, deployment frequency)
Benefits
Why join inventYOU
- Work on a challenging, large-scale CI/CD and containers platform
- Use modern DevOps, Kubernetes and cloud technologies
- Collaborate with experienced engineering and technology professionals
- Contribute to improving automation and platform engineering practices
- Continue developing your career in DevOps and platform engineering
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