Senior GitLab Engineer Location: Dallas, Texas (3 days/week onsite downtown Dallas)
Contract Duration: 12+ months
We are seeking a highly seasoned
Sr. GitLab Engineer to serve as the technical lead for a major enterprise DevOps transformation effort. This role will drive the strategic redesign and migration of legacy delivery ecosystems (Jenkins, Automic, Bitbucket, Docker) into a modern, secure, and scalable GitLab and Podman-based automation platform. The ideal candidate is a hands-on expert with deep architectural understanding of GitLab CI/CD, platform engineering, large-scale automation, and modern cloud- and container-first engineering practices.
You will operate as a senior technical authority, partnering closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to define CI/CD standards, implement best-in-class delivery workflows, and ensure enterprise readiness through automation, security, and operational excellence. Our client values engineers who demonstrate ownership, drive outcomes, elevate team capabilities, and deliver high-quality, reliable solutions in fast-paced environments.
Required Skills & Experience:- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related field
- GitLab Certified CI/CD Specialist or GitLab Administrator (preference for both)
- Demonstrated contributions to GitLab or other open-source CI/CD/DevOps tooling
- 10+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Automation
- 5+ years of hands-on GitLab CI/CD engineering, including enterprise administration of GitLab Runners, Groups, Projects, and governance
- Expert-level skills in Bash, Python, or Go scripting for automation tooling
- Deep experience with Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks (Terraform, Ansible) at scale
- Strong competency with Docker and Kubernetes, including proven experience migrating workloads and build processes to Podman/Buildah
- Proficiency with AWS, GCP, or Azure and cloud-native CI/CD integrations
- Strong background across legacy and modern CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Automic, Bamboo, Maven, Nexus/Artifactory, etc.)
- Expertise with Git, Git branching strategies, and repository architecture (Bitbucket, Git, SVN)
- Extensive knowledge of secure CI/CD practices: SAST/DAST, container scanning, compliance automation, image hardening
- Solid grounding in Agile, GitOps, DevSecOps, and scalable SCM practices
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills; proven ability to guide engineering teams through change
Primary Responsibilities:- Lead and architect the full-scale migration from Jenkins and Automic to GitLab CI/CD
- Administer, optimize, and scale GitLab Runners, Projects, Groups, Permissions, and CI/CD governance
- Harden GitLab for enterprise requirements: LDAP, SAML/SSO, RBAC, secret management, backup/DR
- Design and implement advanced, secure CI/CD pipelines using GitLab YAML best practices
- Build complex multi-stage, conditional, dynamic, and parallel workflows
- Integrate and automate security and code-quality tools (SAST/DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning)
- Analyze, translate, and rebuild sophisticated legacy Jenkins pipelines into optimized GitLab CI/CD workflows
- Lead the migration and orchestration of Automic jobs/workflows into GitLab
- Dramatically improve pipeline speed and reliability using caching, artifact reuse, pipeline templates, and modularization
- Lead the migration of container build processes from Docker to Podman, ensuring security, compliance, and performance
- Architect and automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
- Apply GitOps patterns to infrastructure and environment management for consistency and observability
- Drive enterprise enablement through documentation, training, architectural standards, and best practices
- Monitor GitLab platform health, runner capacity, and pipeline performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex CI/CD, infrastructure automation, or migration issues as the top-level escalation point
Genius Road, LLC is proud to be a Certified Women’s Business Enterprise, an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.