Senior Devops Engineer

Role & responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering, product, and other teams to gather migration requirements and define specifications.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive migration strategy and project plan for transitioning from GitLab to GitHub.
• Lead the migration of source code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and associated artifacts from GitLab to GitHub, ensuring data integrity and a smooth transition.
• Assess the existing GitLab CI/CD infrastructure to identify areas for improvement and re-architecture on the new GitHub Actions platform.
• Configure and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for efficiency and security.
• Manage GitHub access control, user provisioning, and role assignments.
• Establish and enforce a new repository governance model, incorporating DevSecOps standards such as code scanning, vulnerability analysis, and security best practices.
• Build reusable GitHub Action workflows and application code templates for use across multiple projects.
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and leadership, communicating project milestones and potential obstacles.
• Offer technical support and guidance to development teams during and after the migration to ensure successful adoption of the new platform.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a DevOps or Infrastructure Engineer, with a track record of executing enterprise-level migrations.
• Mandatory hands-on experience migrating from GitLab to GitHub and re-platforming GitLab CI to GitHub Actions.
• Deep expertise in Git and enterprise GitHub features, including repository management, version control, and access provisioning.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation of software delivery processes.
• Solid understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in a cloud-based or hybrid environment using containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Highly organized, with attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks independently.