Senior CI/CD Engineer
Vantage Point Consulting, Inc.•College Park, MD
•$95 - $120•Onsite
About The Position
Vantage Point Consulting is seeking a highly experienced Senior CI/CD Engineer contractor to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) platforms. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with DevOps practices, cloud technologies, container platforms, infrastructure automation, and application deployment pipelines.
Requirements
- 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
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Post-Deployment Telemetry: Configuring continuous, automated monitoring and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog) to verify application health and quickly execute automated rollbacks
Benefits
- Rate: $95 to $120/hr, commensurate with experience and engagement structure.
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