DevOps Architect

Connexion Systems & Engineering
Frisco, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 183K

Job location

Frisco, United States of America

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Confluence
JIRA
Build Automation
Azure
Bash
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Github
Groovy
Monitoring of Systems
Python
Key Management
Linux System Administration
Octopus Deploy
Powershell
Systems Development Life Cycle
Role-Based Access Control
Ansible
Prometheus
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
Software Deployment
Datadog
Google Cloud Platform
Cloud Platform System
Grafana
Gitlab
Cloudformation
Gitlab-ci
Git Flow
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Low Latency
Atlassian Tools
Azure
Bitbucket
Cloudwatch
Terraform
Devsecops
Docker
Jenkins
ServiceNow
Static Application Security Testing
Artifactory
Dynamic Application Security Testing

Job description

Looking for Senior DevOps expert to build, standardize, and own the DevOps toolchain platform from the ground up. This role is focused on installation, configuration, integration, scaling, and governance of tools like Jenkins, GitHub / GitLab, Argo CD, Jira, Confluence, and Datadog. Resource will be acting as platform owner, ensuring these systems are secure, scalable, and fully integrated across the SDLC. Key Responsibilities DevOps Platform Setup & Migration

  • Install, configure, and manage Jenkins (HA setup, master-agent architecture, plugins, security hardening)

  • Expertise in driving multi region GitHub platform architecture and sync (HA/DR, geo-replication, latency-aware access), enterprise-wide standardization of repositories, branching strategies, security controls, and CI/CD patterns across multiple product teams.

  • Leading direct migrations from legacy CI/CD or DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket) to consolidate on GitHub.

  • Architect and deploy highly available instances of Jenkins (HA controllers, distributed agents, autoscaling via Kubernetes/cloud agents).

  • Establish enterprise-grade setup of GitHub / GitLab: Org structure, repo naming standards, branch protection rules

  • Expertise on SSO/SAML integration, RBAC models, audit controls and Runner/agent infrastructure (self-hosted vs managed).

  • Setting up Atlassian tools: Jira, Confluence etc., from scratch and migrate from On-Premises. Configure the custom workflows, issue types, automation rules .

  • Deploy and configure Argo CD for GitOps-based Kubernetes delivery

  • Configure Jira & Confluence from scratch (projects, workflows, permissions, templates).

  • Experience in setting up compliance, and security (org/repo standards, CODEOWNERS, branch protections, Actions hardening, secrets, SSO); defining migration roadmaps.

  • Enabling teams through documentation, templates, and onboarding.

  • Design end-to-end integration between SCM, CI/CD, monitoring, and ITSM tools.

  • Plan and execute migration of DevOps tools and pipelines across platforms. Pipeline and repo migration (code, history, secrets, integrations).

  • Migration from legacy CI/CD ? modern pipelines (e.g., Jenkins to GitHub Actions/GitLab CI) and transition from script-based deployments to GitOps via Argo CD

  • Migration assessment (inventory, dependencies, risk analysis).

  • Automate build, test, deployment, and rollback processes.

  • Develop reusable pipeline templates and shared libraries.

  • Expertise all flavors of Linux administration and software installations to deploy and manage the DevOps Tools.

  • Automate build, test, deployment, and rollback processes. Monitoring & Observability

  • Implement end-to-end monitoring using Datadog (APM, logs, infra, synthetics).

  • Integrate alerts with incident management workflows.

  • Define SLOs, SLIs, and dashboards for production systems

  • Expertise on Alerting & escalation policies definition in Data Dog. Cloud & Infrastructure

  • Work with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform) for scalable deployments.

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/ARM/CloudFormation)

  • Provision DevOps tools using Terraform

  • Manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads Security & Compliance

  • Implement DevSecOps practices (SAST, DAST, secrets management)

  • Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards

  • Role-based access control (RBAC) across tools.

Required Skill Set: Core Expertise

  • 12+ years in DevOps / Platform Engineering
  • Expertise with Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Argo CD and other DevOps Tools setup and integration with ITSM tools.
  • Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and release strategies.

Tools & Technologies

  • Monitoring: Datadog (APM, logs, dashboards) , Grafana, Cloud Watch, Prometheus
  • Ticketing/Docs: Jira, Confluence, Service Now, GitHub.
  • Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, Docker Orchestration,
  • JFrog Artifactory, Azure Registry and AWS Registry.
  • Ansible Automation, Chef Configuration, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment.
  • IaC: Terraform (preferred), Cloud Formation templates, Azure Biceps, ARM templates.
  • Scripting: Python / Bash / Groovy, PowerShell
  • Agile Methodologies, DevOps Best Practices.

Requirements

12+ years DevOps/Platform Engineering 10+ years in DevOps/Cloud engineering Proven experience in enterprise-scale toolchain integration, Design, implement migration of the DevOps tool from On-Prem to Cloud Environments., Expertise with Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Argo CD and other DevOps Tools setup and integration with ITSM tools. Deep understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, and release strategies., * Bachelor's/master's in computer science, Engineering, or related field, * 12+ years IT experience

  • 10+ years in DevOps/Cloud engineering
  • Proven experience in enterprise-scale toolchain integration, Design, implement migration of the DevOps tool from On-Prem to Cloud Environments.

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