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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Plan A Technologies
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software as a Service, Data Validation, Software Debugging, DevOps, Key Management, Software Engineering, Gitlab, Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Terraform, Code Restructuring
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9e1ec663f42c1993

## About the Role

Please note: you must have at least 5+ years of experience as DevOps Engineer and experience managing and migrating GitLab instances, specifically transitioning from self-hosted/on-prem environments to GitLab SaaS to be considered for this role., * 5+ years of experience as DevOps Engineer.

 * Proven track record of managing and migrating GitLab instances, specifically transitioning from self-hosted/on-prem environments to GitLab SaaS.
 * Deep experience writing, debugging, and optimizing complex GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
 * Strong proficiency in codifying infrastructure using industry-standard tools (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu, or CloudFormation).
 * Ability to execute migrations with minimal downtime, including dry-runs, data validation, and rollback planning.
 * Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
 * Outstanding communication, and interpersonal skills.
 * Initiative and drive to do great things.

## Description

* Plan, test, and execute the migration of repositories, user permissions, issues, merge requests, and historical data from GitLab On-Premises to GitLab SaaS.
 * Audit our current infrastructure and fully codify it to ensure repeatable, documented deployments.
 * Refactor and optimize existing CI/CD pipelines to align with GitLab SaaS best practices, shared/private runners, and cloud-native workflows.
 * Re-architect access controls, secrets management, and user permissions to fit the SaaS model securely.


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