DevOps Solution Architect

We are seeking an experienced Dev Ops Solution Architect to join the Application Architecture & Reliability (AAR) team. This role provides deep Dev Ops and Dev Sec Ops  architecture expertise from the application architecture and engineering perspective. Enterprise Dev Sec Ops  platforms, tooling, standards, and governance are owned by other technology organizations;this role ensures AAR and application teams have the architectural expertise needed to effectively consume those capabilities and influence their evolution.

The architect defines application delivery patterns, guides engineering teams, identifies gaps between application needs and platform capabilities, and serves as a technical bridge between application teams and enterprise Dev Sec Ops /platform organizations. Deep experience with Git Lab and Git Lab CI/CD is strongly preferred. Electric utility industry experience is beneficial but not required.

Define Dev Ops and Dev Sec Ops  architecture patterns for enterprise application delivery Translate centrally defined platform capabilities, security requirements, and governance controls into practical application delivery architectures Define application-level CI/CD patterns, standards, reusable approaches, and technical guardrails Ensure application architecture considers build, test, deployment, configuration, operations, and supportability throughout the software lifecycle Evaluate delivery architecture decisions and document trade-offs, risks, constraints, and dependencies

Provide deep technical expertise in Git Lab and Git Lab CI/CD Define patterns for repositories, branching, merge requests, pipelines, runners, artifacts, packages, container images, and release workflows Design scalable CI/CD pipeline structures and reusable pipeline components/templates Define appropriate pipeline stages, quality gates, approvals, environment controls, and promotion strategies Guide teams on pipeline performance, reliability, maintainability, security, and troubleshooting while working within standards established by enterprise platform owners

Define deployment and release patterns, including rolling deployment, blue/green deployment, canary release, feature flags, and automated rollback Guide application teams in designing build and deployment processes appropriate to application criticality and architecture Establish patterns for environment configuration, dependency management, artifact promotion, and release management Provide architecture guidance for Kubernetes and Red Hat Open Shift application deployment Guide teams on container image design, registries, resource configuration, health checks, autoscaling, configuration, secrets, deployment manifests, and Helm or equivalent packaging

Establish application-facing patterns for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration automation using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, and Helm Define Git Ops patterns where appropriate, including integration with technologies such as Argo CD Define patterns for embedding SAST, DAST, software composition analysis, dependency scanning, secrets detection, container scanning, and other security controls into CI/CD pipelines Establish architecture patterns for artifact integrity, provenance, SBOM, signing, and software supply-chain security where required Guide application teams on secure management of credentials, secrets, certificates, tokens, and service identities

Incorporate application reliability and operational readiness into Dev Ops architecture, including…