DevOps Engineer

• Checkr is looking to bring on a contract DevOps Engineer & Gitlab Migration Specialist to support their current Gitlab migration. 
• This Gitlab migration and account comes from a company they recently acquired in a merger. They are doing a fair amount of M&As, so this type of migration/consolidation work could be an ongoing need.
• This will focus on migrating all pipelines from one Gitlab instance to another, they have already mirrored all the repositories. They have a good number of repos/pipelines, probably 700 repos and around 300 pipelines. 

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Engineering and various teams to understand all requirements and specifications of the migration.
• Assess current CI/CD infrastructure and identify any issues or areas for improvement.
• Develop and execute migration plans, ensuring minimal disruption to development workflows. 
• Migrate existing CI/CD pipelines to GitLab, optimizing them for efficiency and security.
• Ensure data integrity, operational efficiency, and a smooth transition for development teams. 
• Assess the performance and stability of the new GitLab instance, resolve any issues that arise during the migration process and provide technical support.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership, identify opportunities for improvement after the migration.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure Engineer
• Expertise with GitLab features and migrations, including CI/CD pipelines, Artifact Registry, Repository Management, Project Planning and Issue Tracking, and Security. 
• Experience using Ansible for configuration management, application deployment, infrastructure provisioning, etc.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, CI/CD, IaC, Terraform, Linux, and microservice architecture is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership