Senior DevOps Automation Engineer - CI/CD Platform

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 Originally posted on Himalayas