Senior DevOps Automation Engineer - CI/CD Platform

About this role

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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