CI/CD Engineer

Role1: CI/CD Engineer

Location: NCEP, 5830 University Research Court College Park, MD 20740

Task Description:

1. Architecture & Automation

• Pipeline Orchestration: Deep proficiency in building and maintaining highly automated pipelines using tools like GitLab CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced capabilities in provisioning infrastructure securely and idempotently via tools such as Ansible.
• Environment Management: Designing deployment strategies like blue/green deployments, canary releases, and traffic shaping to eliminate downtime.

2. Platform & Tooling Expertise

• Containerization & Orchestration: Advanced management of Docker and Kubernetes clusters (or Red Hat OpenShift), including admission control and image policies.
• GitOps & State Reconciliation: Utilizing tools like Argo CD or Flux to ensure environments perfectly match repository declarations.
• Scripting Languages: Strong proficiency in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for building custom automation and integrations.

3. Security & Governance

• Policy-as-Code: Enforcing compliance frameworks and CIS benchmarks automatically before merges or deployments
• Secret Management: Implementing centralized, audit-ready secrets and credential management
• Vulnerability Scanning: Integrating Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST) and container vulnerability scanning natively into the deployment lifecycle.

4. Operations & Experience

• Post-Deployment Telemetry: Configuring continuous, automated monitoring and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog) to verify application health and quickly execute automated rollbacks

Required skills/Level of Experience:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, or CI/CD experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Groovy.
• Deep understanding of:
• Git-based workflows
• CI/CD principles
• Container technologies
• Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Cloud platforms

Required Technical Skills

CI/CD Tools

• GitLab CI/CD
• GitHub Actions

Source Control

• Git

Containers & Orchestration

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Red Hat OpenShift

Infrastructure Automation

• Terraform
• Ansible

Monitoring

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Splunk