Release DevOps Engineer

Scanline VFX; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the VFX industry is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance their automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines. The role involves collaborating with software development teams to improve efficiency and ensure high-quality code through automation and best practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years Python development experience.
• Expert with automated build and deployment systems.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex build, test, integration, and deployment pipelines.
• Improve developer velocity through automation of Gitlab tasks.

Skills

Python

Automation

Communication

Tools

Gitlab

Docker

C++

Job description

As a DevOps Engineer, you will support the team by creating and maintaining automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of CI / CD processes and containerized build and deployment to help define best practices and enable other developers to focus on feature development.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex build, test, integration, and deployment pipelines
• Improve developer velocity through automation of Gitlab tasks
• Write technical briefs and user documentation
• Partner with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks

Qualifications

• 3+ years Python development
• Expert with automated build and deployment systems in Gitlab or similar
• Experience enforcing code quality through testing and linting in the Python ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with Docker
• Familiarity with VFX pipelines and production needs
• Experience building C++ libraries
• Experience with Rez and/or Python build and distribution ecosystems
• Understanding of reverse-proxy and other techniques for making APIs accessible
• Working knowledge of cloud-based deployments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills