CI/CD Engineer

ALPAC, Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ALPAC, Inc. seeks a seasoned CI/CD Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain automated build and deployment pipelines, fostering a robust DevOps culture for cloud-native and on-prem environments.

The role emphasizes tooling like Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions, with hands-on scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell) to enable rapid, reliable software delivery from development through production.

Qualifications

• Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines in cloud-native and on-prem environments.
• Automate builds, tests, packaging, and deployments using container platforms.
• Integrate quality gates (unit/integration testing, SAST/DAST, code coverage) into CI/CD workflows.
• Manage infrastructure as code for deployment environments.
• Ensure deployment reliability with blue/green, canary, and rollback strategies.
• Maintain versioned artifact repositories (Artifactory, Nexus, Docker Registry).
• Develop scripts (Bash, PowerShell, Python) to support pipelines.
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerts for visibility and incident response.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to streamline releases.
• Troubleshoot build/deployment issues and drive continuous improvements.
• Document CI/CD processes and best practices.
• Security mindset including secrets management and pipeline security.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement automated build and deployment pipelines.
• Automate builds, tests, packaging, and deployments across environments.
• Maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.
• Implement deployment strategies like blue/green, canary, and rollback.
• Manage artifact repositories and ensure pipeline security and governance.
• Develop automation scripts to support pipeline needs.
• Configure monitoring and logging to provide visibility and alerting.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, and operations to streamline releases.

Skills

CI/CD mindset

Automation

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

_ARM templates

CloudFormation

Helm

Job description

Seeking a seasoned CI/CD Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain automated build/deploy pipelines and foster a robust DevOps culture. The ideal candidate excels at developing toolchains that empower rapid, reliable application delivery from development through production.

Key Requirement

• Design, build, and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) supporting cloud-native and on-premises environments.
• Automate builds, tests, packaging, and deployments using container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Integrate quality gates (unit/integration testing, SAST/DAST, code coverage) into CI/CD workflows.
• Manage infrastructure as code (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation) for deployment environments.
• Ensure deployment reliability through blue/green, canary, and rollback strategies.
• Maintain versioned artifact repositories (Artifactory, Nexus, Docker Registry).
• Develop scripts and automation (Bash, PowerShell, Python) to support pipeline needs.
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerts to provide visibility and incident response.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to streamline release processes.
• Troubleshoot escalated build/deployment issues and drive continuous process improvements.
• Document CI/CD processes, standards, and best practices.
• Security-focused mindset, including secrets management and pipeline security.
• Proficiency in tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions
• Strong foundation in Docker and Kubernetes, including manifests, Helm charts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.
• Skilled in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation.
• Familiarity with pipeline integrations: unit/integration tests, code scans, artifact management.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid implementations.
• Exposure to monitoring/logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.

Desired Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and operating CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with GitOps (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).

Strong oral and written communication skills along with problem resolution skills is highly desirable. Must be able to work collaboratively in a team orientation as well as independently with minimum supervision.