Senior GitLab Engineer
Location : Dallas Texas ( 3 days / week onsite downtown Dallas )
Contract Duration : 12 months
We are seeking a highly seasoned Sr. GitLab Engineer to serve as the technical lead for a major enterprise DevOps transformation effort. This role will drive the strategic redesign and migration of legacy delivery ecosystems (Jenkins Automic Bitbucket Docker) into a modern secure and scalable GitLab and Podman-based automation platform. The ideal candidate is a hands-on expert with deep architectural understanding of GitLab CI / CD platform engineering large-scale automation and modern cloud- and container-first engineering practices.
You will operate as a senior technical authority partnering closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to define CI / CD standards implement best-in-class delivery workflows and ensure enterprise readiness through automation security and operational excellence. Our client values engineers who demonstrate ownership drive outcomes elevate team capabilities and deliver high-quality reliable solutions in fast-paced environments.
Required Skills & Experience :
- Bachelors in Computer Science or related field
- GitLab Certified CI / CD Specialist or GitLab Administrator (preference for both)
- Demonstrated contributions to GitLab or other open-source CI / CD / DevOps tooling
- 10 years in DevOps Platform Engineering or Infrastructure Automation
- 5 years of hands-on GitLab CI / CD engineering including enterprise administration of GitLab Runners Groups Projects and governance
- Expert-level skills in Bash Python or Go scripting for automation tooling
- Deep experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform Ansible) at scale
- Strong competency with Docker and Kubernetes including proven experience migrating workloads and build processes to Podman / Buildah
- Proficiency with AWS GCP or Azure and cloud-native CI / CD integrations
- Strong background across legacy and modern CI / CD tools (Jenkins Automic Bamboo Maven Nexus / Artifactory etc.)
- Expertise with Git Git branching strategies and repository architecture (Bitbucket Git SVN)
- Extensive knowledge of secure CI / CD practices : SAST / DAST container scanning compliance automation image hardening
- Solid grounding in Agile GitOps DevSecOps and scalable SCM practices
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills; proven ability to guide engineering teams through change
Primary Responsibilities :
Lead and architect the full-scale migration from Jenkins and Automic to GitLab CI / CDAdminister optimize and scale GitLab Runners Projects Groups Permissions and CI / CD governanceHarden GitLab for enterprise requirements : LDAP SAML / SSO RBAC secret management backup / DRDesign and implement advanced secure CI / CD pipelines using GitLab YAML best practicesBuild complex multi-stage conditional dynamic and parallel workflowsIntegrate and automate security and code-quality tools (SAST / DAST dependency scanning container scanning)Analyze translate and rebuild sophisticated legacy Jenkins pipelines into optimized GitLab CI / CD workflowsLead the migration and orchestration of Automic jobs / workflows into GitLabDramatically improve pipeline speed and reliability using caching artifact reuse pipeline templates and modularizationLead the migration of container build processes from Docker to Podman ensuring security compliance and performanceArchitect and automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and AnsibleApply GitOps patterns to infrastructure and environment management for consistency and observabilityDrive enterprise enablement through documentation training architectural standards and best practicesMonitor GitLab platform health runner capacity and pipeline performance using Prometheus Grafana and ELKTroubleshoot and resolve complex CI / CD infrastructure automation or migration issues as the top-level escalation pointGenius Road LLC is proud to be a Certified Womens Business Enterprise an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications merit and business need.
Required Experience :
Senior IC
Key Skills
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Employment Type : Full Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1