Full Stack DevOps Engineer

Mindlance, Inc.; Hopkins (MN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Mindlance, Inc. is seeking a Senior Full-Stack DevOps / Application Modernization Engineer to modernize legacy apps and raise SDLC standards.

This hybrid role spans Development, DevOps, Testing, and Cloud Engineering to strengthen deployment automation, security, observability, and testing practices. The successful candidate will upgrade Jenkins to GitLab pipelines, modernize components, document test cases in PractiTest, automate testing where possible, and establish a robust observability

Qualifications

• 3+ years of UI development using React.js
• 5+ years’ experience automating deployments with Gitlab Pipelines
• Ability to work effectively within a structured, distributed/offshore team environment
• Experience with C# / .NET Framework / .NET Core / .NET 8 ASP.NET MVC / ASP.NET Core Web API, Entity Framework/EF Core, SQL Server
• REST APIs and microservices development, Git, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitLab), unit testing and automated testing frameworks, secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation

Responsibilities

• Work with Product and Technical teams to document test cases and offshore requirements
• Upgrade Jenkins pipelines to GitLab pipelines and improve CI/CD
• Integrate AI technologies into GitLab pipelines where appropriate
• Help build a consistent base observability stack with extensibility
• Patch and modernize legacy code bases

Skills

React.js

GitLab Pipelines

C# / .NET

ASP.NET Core Web API

SQL Server

REST APIs

Unit testing

Observability

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Postman

Playwright

Job description

Title: Senior Full-Stack DevOps / Application Modernization Engineer

Location: Hopkins, MN

(Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite in office, 2 days remote)

Duration: 12+ months, possibility to extend or convert

Job Description

Summary:

The Hiring Manager is looking for a Senior Full-Stack DevOps / Application Modernization Engineer with strong CI/CD expertise, rather than a traditional software developer, DevOps engineer, or QA automation engineer.

The primary objective is to modernize multiple existing applications, bring them up to organizational SDLC standards, strengthen deployment automation, improve application security, and establish consistent testing and observability practices.

In simple terms, they need someone who can work across Development, DevOps, Testing, and Cloud Engineering to modernize legacy applications and improve the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Project:

We are tasked with bringing a number of applications across several teams up to SDLC standards.

This includes:

• Upgrading Jenkins deployment pipelines to Gitlab pipelines
• Updating/Modernizing obsolescent components
• Documenting test cases in PractiTest
• Automating functional test cases wherever possible
• Implementing observability across all applications

Must Have

• 3+ years of experience in UI development using react.js
• 5+ years’ experience automating deployments with Gitlab Pipelines
• Ability to work effectively within a structured, distributed/offshore team environment
• C# / .NET Framework / .NET Core / .NET 8 ASP.NET MVC / ASP.NET Core Web API Entity Framework / Entity Framework Core SQL Server (query tuning, stored procedures, performance optimization) REST APIs and microservices development Git, Azure DevOps or GitLab CI/CD pipeline experience Unit testing and automated testing frameworks Secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation Application troubleshooting, debugging and performance tuning
• Exposure to advanced observability and monitoring practices

Nice To Have

2+ years’ experience using Playwright to automate UI testing

2+ years’ experience using Postman to automate API testing

Experience writing Test Cases in Practitest and configuring Practitest to sync with Jira

Top 5-10 responsibilities for this position

• Work with Product and Technical teams to get test cases documented and requirements for offshore teams
• Upgrading Jenkins Pipelines/Improving Gitlab Pipelines
• Integrating AI technologies where appropriate into Gitlab pipelines
• Helping creating a consistent base observability stack with extensibility for customization
• Patching and modernizing legacy code bases

skills/technologies are required

• Full stack development (C# and/or Java backend, React frontend) (5+ yrs)
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Some exposure to observability
• Some Manual & Automated testing

Preferred (these are a desired, not required)?

2+ yrs Playwright and/or Postman automation testing

Experience with PractiTest

How technical will the interviews be?

Expect questions around technical skills and detail, as well as some possible mock-coding challenges

EEO:

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”