The Role

Our client is a US-based company focused on driving the next generation of vehicle and mobile technology.

At this time, they are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (CI/CD) to become a driving force behind the exciting world of continuous integration and deployment automation. They are a dynamic group dedicated to building a high-quality product while maintaining exceptional speed and efficiency. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our rapidly growing team!

Note: there is no SRE work involved. It will be completely focused on the CI/CD pipeline and all things related to it, like dynamic environments, developer support and helping with deployments to production.

Mandatory qualifications:

• Live in Latin America or be able to work in EST (Eastern Standard Time - USA) office hours
• CircleCI
• GitHub
• Terraform
• One of the following scripting languages:
• Ruby (preferred)
• Python
• Bash

Nice to have:

• Datadog
• Github Actions

Key Outcomes:

• Deployments to Development, Staging, and Production:
• Take charge of managing deployments to each environment with ease:
• Skillfully utilize Github protocols to identify and resolve root causes of merge conflicts and version mismatches.
• Deploy hotfixes promptly by leveraging deployment automation and scripts.
• Provide guidance and approval for junior engineers’ Ruby on Rails (Ruby) coding, ensuring smooth code deployment across various development environments.
• Review and approve CI/CD scripting pull requests from engineers, offering valuable feedback to enhance code quality.
• Ensure the smooth operation of each environment daily, promptly addressing any issues that arise:
• Leverage Datadog monitoring to maintain a remarkable uptime of 99.999% for each development environment.
• Develop strategic plans for Bash and Ruby scripting to automate health checks and enable auto-healing mechanisms in the event of errors.
• Implement effective auto-scaling strategies to handle higher-than-usual traffic in these development environments.
• Evaluate historical loads and implement autoscaling mechanisms to provide additional resources and computing power, optimizing workload performance.
• Collaborate with DevOps to plan capacity and monitoring using Datadog.
• Analyze developer workflows in close collaboration with team leads and attend squad standup meetings, providing valuable suggestions for improvement.
• Script infrastructure using Terraform to facilitate the creation infrastructure
• Leverage CI/CD to add security scanning to code pipelines
• Develop Bash and Ruby scripts to automate code deployment while incorporating robust security checks for vulnerabilities.
• Enhance our CI/CD pipeline by building Canary Stages with Circle CI YAML and Bash scripting.
• Integrate stress testing mechanisms using Ruby on Rails, Python, and Bash scripting into the pipeline's stages.
• Look for ways to reduce engineering toil and replace manual processes with automation!

Our recruitment process

• Recruiter interview (30 min)
• Tech interview (30 min)
• Two (potentially three) interviews with the client.

We strive to move efficiently from step to step so that the recruitment process can be as fast as possible.

What we offer

• Totally remote, full-time (40h/week)
• Monday to Friday, flexible work hours (but around Central or East Coast Standard Time office hours)
• Long-term, no end date contractor agreement
• Payment in USD, by-weekly or monthly - your choice
• PTO: 1.67 days paid time off per calendar month worked and national holidays of the country where you are living.