CI/CD Platform Engineer

MARS Solutions Group; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

MARS Solutions Group seeks a CI/CD Platform Engineer to build, operate, and improve a scalable software delivery platform for thousands of developers. You will join a team delivering automation, security, and reliability across pipelines in Milwaukee, WI.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, contribute to design reviews, and help teams adopt platform capabilities while pursuing continuous improvement and learning new tools and practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on Cloud Infra and CI/CD experience.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong problem solving and communication abilities.
• Familiar with software supply chain security concepts (SBOMs).
• Ability to document work and participate in design reviews.
• Comfortable sharing knowledge and architecture decisions.
• Interest in AI-assisted productivity with focus on security and quality.
• Continuous learner with a drive to improve.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD platform services with senior engineers.
• Own scoped deliverables within Development Platforms and escalate blockers early.
• Drive automation-first delivery and improve platform efficiency.
• Apply security, compliance, and observability practices to deliverables.
• Create and maintain health metrics and dashboards (SLIs/SLOs).
• Troubleshoot incidents, participate in on-call, and complete remediation tasks.
• Contribute to code/design reviews and document work for teams.

Skills

CI/CD

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Cloud Infra

Automation

SBOMs

Observability

Terraform

Python

TypeScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Git

Job description

MARS Solutions Group is looking for a CI/CD Platform Engineer

for Milwaukee, WI location. Our client is a (Technology/Financial Services) industry leader looking for high-quality talent to make a difference. They are known to respect a traditional work week and often extend contracts for added job security and stability.

We are hiring a CI/CD Platform Engineer to help build and operate a reliable, scalable, and secure software delivery platform that enables thousands of developers to efficiently and safely ship software. The successful candidate has solid technical fundamentals, strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a passion for continuous improvement.

What you ll do

• Build, maintain, and support CI/CD platform services alongside senior and lead engineers.
• Own well-scoped deliverables within the Development Platforms organization, escalating blockers early.
• Demonstrate an automation-first mindset to ensure efficient and reliable delivery.
• Apply established security, compliance, and observability practices in the work you deliver.
• Build and maintain metrics and dashboards that track platform health against defined SLIs and SLOs.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, participate in an on-call rotation, and complete assigned remediation follow-ups.
• Participate in code and design reviews, document your work, and help teams adopt platform capabilities.

What you ll bring to the role

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, information systems, or related discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• 3+ years of relevant hands-on experience with Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tooling and automation, such as GitLab CI (preferred), GitHub Actions, Jenkins.
• Curiosity for understanding how complex systems interact and a willingness to dig into unfamiliar problems.
• Familiarity with software supply chain security concepts such as reproducible builds, SBOMs, and dependency hygiene.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to explain your work to teammates and partner teams.
• A willingness to contribute to design docs and take an active role in architecture and technical reviews.
• Enthusiasm for experimenting with AI to boost team productivity, while applying learnings responsibly with attention to security and quality.
• A commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Certifications relevant to cloud (AWS preferred), platforms, and security are a plus.

Skills you have

• Building, storing, and deploying software artifacts (binaries, packages, containers) and supporting their lifecycle, security, and compliance.
• Monitoring application health and performance using tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK stack.
• Creating and maintaining cloud infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Troubleshooting Linux-based operating systems, networking, and applications.
• Supporting Disaster Recovery exercises and executing documented recovery procedures.
• Contributing to resilient, scalable, cost-conscious systems and following deployment practices that manage release risk and minimize downtime.
• Developing services and scripts that interact with APIs using languages like Python or TypeScript.

About MARS Solutions Group

MARS Solutions Group provides a range of opportunities for meaningful work by understanding that employment fit is a combination of people, process, and technology. We leverage our experienced and compassionate team to bring humanity to matching you with the right advanced technology role, and stay connected with you to help you attain your professional goals.