Senior DevOps Engineer
About The Position
Absolute Security is seeking a talented Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of their Secure Access build systems and infrastructure. This role offers an exciting opportunity to modernize and streamline build processes while ensuring reliable, efficient software delivery. The position offers significant autonomy and ownership, with the chance to advance and streamline the current build system, implement new tools and practices, and make architectural decisions impacting the entire engineering organization. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, automating repetitive tasks, and seeing the direct impact of their work on product delivery.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of professional experience in DevOps, build engineering, or related field
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Proven experience managing build systems in production environments
- Strong background in software development lifecycle and release management
- Demonstrated ability to improve and optimize technical processes
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Perl, Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices
- Knowledge of version control systems and branching strategies
- Understanding of software build processes and dependencies
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Perforce and Git version control systems
- Proficiency with Jenkins or similar CI/CD platforms
- Experience writing and maintaining makefiles, gradle and build scripts
- Familiarity with C++ and Java
Responsibilities
- Ownership of Secure Access product build system and infrastructure
- Monitor build health and proactively address issues
- Optimize build performance and reliability
- Document build processes and maintain system documentation
- Manage and execute daily builds
- Troubleshoot and resolve build failures quickly
- Coordinate build schedules with development teams
- Ensure quality and consistency of build outputs
- Manage source code branch structure and strategy
- Perform code merges between development branches
- Resolve merge conflicts and coordinate with developers
- Maintain branch integrity and code quality
- Execute release tasks and coordinate release schedules
- Support release validation and verification processes
- Identify opportunities to advance and streamline current build system
- Design and implement build process improvements
- Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies
- Drive automation initiatives to increase efficiency
- Protect the security and privacy of Absolute and its customers
- Other duties as assigned by management
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
- Flexible time off and a strong culture of ownership and accountability
- Opportunities to grow your technical skills
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
