Senior CI/CD Engineer

Job Description

Gigster is seeking a Senior CI/CD Engineer for a US-based client focused on vehicle and mobile technology. The engineer will be a driving force behind continuous integration and deployment automation, building a high-quality product with speed and efficiency. This role is completely focused on the CI/CD pipeline, dynamic environments, developer support, and deployments to production.

Responsibilities:

• Managing deployments to Development, Staging, and Production environments.
• Utilizing Github protocols to resolve merge conflicts and version mismatches.
• Deploying hotfixes using deployment automation and scripts.
• Guiding and approving junior engineers’ Ruby on Rails coding.
• Reviewing and approving CI/CD scripting pull requests.
• Ensuring smooth operation of each environment daily.
• Leveraging Datadog monitoring to maintain uptime.
• Developing strategic plans for Bash and Ruby scripting to automate health checks.
• Implementing effective auto-scaling strategies.
• Collaborating with DevOps to plan capacity and monitoring using Datadog.
• Analyzing developer workflows and providing suggestions for improvement.
• Scripting infrastructure using Terraform.
• Leveraging CI/CD to add security scanning to code pipelines.
• Enhancing the CI/CD pipeline by building Canary Stages with Circle CI YAML and Bash scripting.
• Integrating stress testing mechanisms using Ruby on Rails, Python, and Bash scripting.
• Reducing engineering toil and replacing manual processes with automation.

Requirements:

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

Gigster offers:

• Totally remote, full-time (40h/week) Monday to Friday, flexible work hours.
• Long-term contractor agreement.
• Payment in USD, bi-weekly or monthly.
• PTO: 1.67 days paid time off per calendar month worked and national holidays.