Cloud Strategist; DevOps

Overview

At CI, we see a great place to work as one that is a safe place for everyone to have a voice, where people are empowered to take ownership over meaningful work, where there is an opportunity to grow through stretching themselves, where they can work on innovative products and projects, and where employees are supported and engaged in doing so.

• Design, develop, test, and deploy the CI/CD tool set on Cloud and on-premises.
• Work with developers to deploy and manage code changes, and with operations staff to keep systems running smoothly.
• Continuously evaluate existing systems against industry standards and recommend improvements.
• Collaborate with the Enterprise Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering, and business technology teams to design secure cloud application environments, platform enhancements, architecture, data services, cloud operations, and service integrations.
• Deploy, optimize and maintain CI/CD toolset and pipelines across multiple environments.
• Migrate application pipelines from Jenkins to AWS Code Suite for Continuous Integration, and from Spinnaker to ArgoCD for continuous delivery.
• Prioritize, drive, and validate strategies and roadmaps for Dev Ops, Agile, Configuration Management, API and Infrastructure Automation services, platforms, and technologies.
• Manage Jenkins installation, HA, RBAC, configuration, plugin installation, backup/restore, Jenkins files and monitoring.
• Automate tasks in JFrog Artifactory as part of the CI/CD development pipeline.
• Use Spinnaker’s deployment features to construct and manage continuous delivery workflows.
• Implement a Dev Sec Ops  framework using Check Marx, Sonar Qube, and JFrog Xray.
• Provide Docker and Kubernetes container orchestration and management.
• Understand and implement security controls in the cloud.
• Design enterprise management processes, tools, integrations, and procedures for smooth cloud system operations.
• Develop reference architectures and best‑practice approaches to optimize cloud adoption and application performance.
• Drive the Dev Ops mindset and culture, focusing on Infrastructure‑as‑Code and Infrastructure‑as‑Service.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure with Terraform, Cloud Formation, and Systems Manager.
• Establish an IaC framework using Terraform for AWS.
• Automate manual tasks using Python.
• Troubleshoot and investigate complex customer CI/CD scenarios and provide solutions.
• Analyze log files, thread dumps, HTTP traffic, JVM and OS parameters.
• Set up, design, and build CI pipelines with Docker, NPM, Java, PyPI, and other binaries.

• B.S. in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent work experience.
• 12+ years of experience in software, systems, architecture, or Dev Ops disciplines.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – certification.
• Kubernetes Certified Administrator certification.
• CI/CD experience with Bitbucket, AWS Code Suite, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Check Marx, JFrog Artifactory, and Xray.
• Experience with SDLC life cycle (agile and waterfall) and associated IT processes.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing architecture for large complex applications and platforms.
• Experience with monolith and microservices application architectures.
• Strong understanding of deployment strategies such as Blue/Green and Canary.
• Solid understanding of security processes, standards, and issues in multi‑tier cloud or hybrid applications.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure‑as‑Code tools such as Terraform and Cloud Formation.

• Base salary range: $120,000–$170,000 (salary depends on experience, skills, education, and budget; may vary by geographic location).
• Eligible for a bonus program.
• Health insurance coverage, wellness programs, life and disability insurance, retirement savings plans, paid leave programs, education‑related programs, paid holidays, and vacation time.
• Training reimbursement, paid professional designations, employee savings plan (ESP).
• Corporate discount program, top‑up program, paid time off for volunteering.

This role follows our in‑office work model and requires employees to be onsite four days per week to support collaboration and business needs.

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