Lead Automation & DevOps Engineer

Agivant Technologies

Website: agivant.com
Job details:
About the Role: Agivant is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to head a specialized 4-person engineering pod dedicated to our Gigamon engagement. This role focuses heavily on script tooling optimizations, specifically bridging and automating complex CI/CD and repository management workflows. You will architect solutions, mentor a team of three Senior Engineers, and ensure the successful delivery of critical automation milestones.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of automated migration strategies for a portfolio of 40+ source code repositories.
• Terraform Architecture: Architect and standardize a set of Terraform templates to automate the migration of users, groups, and repositories from Gerrit to GitLab, eliminating manual configuration overhead.
• Service Development: Design an intermediary web service (RelayProxy) that translates a limited set of standard GitLab webhooks into multiple Jenkins job triggers.
• System Integration: Deeply integrate with the GitLab REST API and GUI configurations to ensure seamless program execution.
• Ongoing Support: Establish SLAs and provide ongoing operational support and troubleshooting for the deployed proxy services and Terraform modules post-cutover.
  
  

Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

• 6 to 8 years of proven experience in DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and build automation.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes Cluseter management is extremely useful.
• Kubernetes certification will add lot of value (CKA).
• Expert-level proficiency in Terraform and creating reusable modules.
• Strong administrative and integration experience with GitLab and Jenkins, specifically handling webhooks and CI/CD triggers.
• Experience in backend scripting/development (Python, Go, or Node.js) to build custom translation proxies or intermediate API services.
• Prior experience migrating source control systems (ideally Gerrit to GitLab).
• Excellent communication skills to interface directly with client stakeholders and manage pod deliverables.

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