Senior DevOps Automation Engineer - CI/CD Platform
Description
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