Senior Systems Engineer - GitLab Administration (Hybrid- San Diego, CA or Kirkland, WA)

We are looking for a Senior Systems Engineer for a large, global B2B high-tech company. In this role, you will operate GitLab and Artifactory platforms with high availability across multiple datacenters. You will execute upgrades, security patching, and infrastructure modernization with minimal downtime.

This is a 12-month contract (Extension possible), 40 hours per week, hybrid role, 2-3 days onsite at client s office in San Diego, CA or Kirkland, WA.

This is a W2 employee of Stage 4 Solutions. Health benefits and 401K are offered.

Responsibilities

• Operate GitLab and Artifactory platforms with high availability across multiple datacenters
• Execute upgrades, security patching, and infrastructure modernization with minimal downtime
• Manage GitLab Geo replication, PostgreSQL HA clusters, and Artifactory Hub/Edge architectures
• Build observability dashboards using Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk, and establish SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs
• Implement GitOps patterns and support Kubernetes migrations
• Develop automation for self-healing and automated remediation
• Collaborate cross-functionally on migrations and architecture decisions
• Participate in an on-call rotation and drive MTTR reduction

Requirements

• 5+ years of operating enterprise-scale platforms
• 3+ years of GitLab self-managed administration with Geo and HA
• 3+ years of Artifactory administration with Hub/Edge architectures
• 2+ years of operational Kubernetes experience with Helm or Helmfile
• 5+ years of Linux administration experience with RHEL or CentOS
• PostgreSQL HA cluster management experience; Patroni preferred
• Experience with load balancers such as F5 or NGINX, DNS, TLS, and network troubleshooting
• Monitoring experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
• Automation experience with Ansible, Puppet, Python, and Bash
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and artifact promotion
• FedRAMP IL4 or IL5 experience preferred
• Bachelor s degree.

Preferred

• JFrog Xray and GitOps experience, including ArgoCD or Flux
• Supply chain security experience, including SBOMs and image signing
• Policy-as-code experience with OPA
• Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP

Please submit your resume to our network at http://www.stage4solutions.com/careers/ (apply to the Senior Systems Engineer GitLab Administration (Hybrid- San Diego, CA or Kirkland, WA) role).

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Stage 4 Solutions is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing employees with an inclusive environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on the job requirements and candidates qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion/belief, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Compensation: $65/hr - $69.67/hr.