Sr. GitLab Engineer #2998
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
20 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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:
Primary Responsibilities:
Genius 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.
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/CD
- Administer optimize and scale GitLab Runners Projects Groups Permissions and CI/CD governance
- Harden GitLab for enterprise requirements: LDAP SAML/SSO RBAC secret management backup/DR
- Design and implement advanced secure CI/CD pipelines using GitLab YAML best practices
- Build complex multi-stage conditional dynamic and parallel workflows
- Integrate 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 workflows
- Lead the migration and orchestration of Automic jobs/workflows into GitLab
- Dramatically improve pipeline speed and reliability using caching artifact reuse pipeline templates and modularization
- Lead the migration of container build processes from Docker to Podman ensuring security compliance and performance
- Architect and automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
- Apply GitOps patterns to infrastructure and environment management for consistency and observability
- Drive enterprise enablement through documentation training architectural standards and best practices
- Monitor GitLab platform health runner capacity and pipeline performance using Prometheus Grafana and ELK
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex CI/CD infrastructure automation or migration issues as the top-level escalation point
Genius 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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- Investigation
About Company
Genius Road is a certified women-owned, boutique technical, telecom and executive recruiting firm based in Dallas, Texas.
