GitLab Expert

THE ROLE INVOLVES:

As a member of Development Services team, you will be interacting very closely with product development teams, in different regions across the globe.

Development Services team also owns Release & Deployment as a capability & process and is aiming to standardize GitLab across the organization.

This role plays a critical part in a large-scale CI/CD platform migration from Jenkins to GitLab. The successful candidate must have strong, hands-on experience with both Jenkins and GitLab, and proven ability to analyze existing Jenkins pipelines, redesign them using GitLab CI/CD, and support development teams throughout the transition.

Responsibilities:

GitLab Administration:

• Manage GitLab instances (self-hosted or SaaS), including configuration, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Implement and maintain user access controls, group structures, and project permissions.
• Implement and maintain GitLab Duo.

CI/CD Pipeline Development:

• Assess, migrate, and refactor existing Jenkins pipelines into GitLab CI/CD, ensuring functional parity, performance improvements, and alignment with standardized pipeline frameworks.
• Design and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Integrate security scans (SAST, DAST, dependency checks) into pipelines.

DevSecOps Enablement:

• Embed compliance and security policies into GitLab workflows.
• Implement GitOps practices for infrastructure and application deployments.

Integration & Automation:

• Connect GitLab with tools like AWS, OpenShift, Jenkins (during migration and coexistence phase), Nexus, AquaSec, Jira, Splunk.
• Automate workflows using GitLab APIs and custom scripts.

Governance & Best Practices:

• Define and promote standardized CI/CD templates and migration patterns to help teams move from Jenkins to GitLab efficiently and consistently.
• Define branching strategies, merge request workflows, and code review standards.
• Provide training and guidance to development teams on GitLab usage and best practices.

TECHNICAL PLAYGROUND:

• Advanced knowledge and relevant experience on GitLab administration.
• Advanced, hands-on Jenkins experience, including design, maintenance, and troubleshooting of complex pipelines, with proven experience migrating CI/CD workloads from Jenkins to GitLab.
• Experience performing CI/CD platform migrations at scale, including pipeline translation, plugin replacement, secret management migration, and change management with development teams.
• Advanced knowledge of GitLab CI/CD.
• Strong understanding of Git workflows and version control principles.
• Advanced knowledge of branching strategies - Trunk based with feature toggling.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Cloud exposure (AWS preferred).

NICE TO HAVE:

• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Exposure to OpenShift.
• Exposure to DORA metrics and pipeline standardization.
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps and Agile principles.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and security scanning tools.
• A demonstrated record of achievement in large-scale CI/CD or DevOps platform migration projects (e.g., Jenkins to GitLab).
• Ability to keep up with software and cloud development trends and innovation.
• Understanding of financial services and risk management in general.
• Relevant university degree in Computer Science/Engineering.

SOFT SKILLS:

• Fluent English, with good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong engineering instinct (do the right thing), a deep understanding of computer science.
• Strong interpersonal and assertive communication skills, great team member.
• Flexible and adaptive working attitude - self-motivated and taking ownership.
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Desire to continuously learn and improve in a complex, rapidly evolving environment. 

Join us! We are eager to meet you!