Assignment Description

Our client in the automotive industry is currently seeking a DevOps Engineer – SCM & BA.

They currently have five DevOps engineers on the team who specialize in working with technologies and platforms such as Azure, Kubernetes, and FluxCD.

Our client believe that the key factors in building state-of-the-art cars are strategy, exceptional people, and great tools. To achieve this, they have a group of product teams called Car Software Development Solutions (CSDS). Their primary objective is to support in-car software developers by creating, enhancing, and maintaining an extensive suite of digital solutions for best-in-class vehicle software development.

Our client’s team is part of CSDS. Their primary responsibility is to provide services such as Gerrit (a version control system) and Jenkins (build automation). These Java-based tools are widely used by several thousand developers within our client’s organization. Their team is committed to making their users’ lives easier by continuously improving and automating the services provided.

How They Work:

• Work closely with different stakeholder teams to better understand and facilitate their needs.
• Improve key characteristics of the services offered, such as user experience, performance, scalability, resource utilization, supportability, maintainability, and observability.
• Automate the management of the services under the team’s responsibility.
• Implement a GitOps way of working together with the system team, who are responsible for the Kubernetes platform.
• Provide self-service and documentation for end-users.
• Participate in their shared cluster initiative to enhance and streamline data analysis of the data they produce.

Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure Cloud and Azure managed services.
• Proficiency in GitOps and GitOps operators like Helm and Flux CD.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Gerrit and Jenkins.
• Good knowledge of high-availability applications.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Confident in working with Linux and Git.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD.
• Experience in scripting with Bash.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and Docker.

Desired Attributes:

• Outspoken and actively participate in brainstorming sessions.
• A good listener and proactive in finding new solutions to various technical or workflow needs.
• Curious, eager to learn, and able to think outside the box.
• A true team player with excellent communication and collaboration skills.