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Company Website - https://businessprocessxperts.com/,
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Parent Company website - https://www.mindamend.net/
YouTube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/@BusinessProcessXperts
Job Title: Senior GitLab DevOps Engineer – Enterprise Toolchain & CI/CD
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Onsite)
Contract Duration: 12 Months (Project-Based which may potentially extend basis performance and project scope)
Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior GitLab DevOps Engineer to support the implementation of a centralized enterprise project management and engineering toolchain. The role focuses on GitLab CI/CD standardization, DevOps governance, and toolchain integrations, enabling end-to-end traceability across project management, development, testing, and delivery systems. The engineer will work closely with PMO, engineering, QA, and platform teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines align with enterprise governance, Agile delivery models, and audit requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines, runners, and repository standards
- Standardize branching strategies, tagging, and release management across teams
- Enable commit, merge request, and pipeline metadata traceability across the toolchain
- Support DevOps governance, release visibility, and audit readiness
- Configure secure access controls, secrets management, and environment variables
- Support pilot migrations, integration testing, UAT, and production cutover
- Provide post go-live hypercare, operational support, and issue resolution
- Produce technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials
- Integrate GitLab with:
- - Jira (issue, epic, and backlog linkage)
- - Microsoft Project / Planner (project-level delivery traceability)
- - TestRail (test execution and quality visibility)
Deliverables
- Standardized GitLab CI/CD pipeline templates
- GitLab integration configurations and mapping documentation
- DevOps governance standards (branching, releases, tagging)
- Operational runbooks and SOPs
- Support documentation for testing, migration, and hypercare
Required Skills & Experience
Mandatory
- 6 –10+ years of experience in DevOps / CI/CD engineering
- Strong hands-on expertise with GitLab (SCM, CI/CD, Runners, Integrations)
- Proven experience integrating GitLab with Jira and test management tools (TestRail preferred)
- Solid understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and release management practices
- Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments
Preferred
- Experience integrating DevOps pipelines with enterprise PMO or project management platforms
- Exposure to Microsoft ecosystem (Active Directory, Project, Planner, Power Platform)
- Experience supporting large-scale digital, AI, or product development programs
Key Competencies
- Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent collaboration and stakeholder communication
- High attention to governance, documentation, and quality standards
- Ability to operate effectively in cross-functional enterprise programs
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