GitLab CI/CD Engineer – Onsite Contract (Dallas)

VDart Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

VDart Inc. in Dallas, TX is seeking an experienced GitLab Administrator to join the Code Management team onsite on a contract basis. The role focuses on optimizing CI/CD workflows and maturing automation using GitLab, Terraform, and Ansible.

Responsibilities include designing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, hardening GitLab for enterprise use (SAML/SSO, LDAP, RBAC), and enabling self-hosted runners at scale, plus on-call support as needed.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of administration experience across complex applications and tools.
• Experience with software configuration management and GitLab administration.
• Proficient in setting up and maintaining GitLab pipelines, runners, groups, and permissions at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize complex GitLab CI/CD pipelines using YAML best practices.
• Harden GitLab for enterprise usage (SAML/SSO, LDAP, RBAC, backup/restore).
• Automate operational tasks and incident remediation via pipelines and scripts.
• Onboard application teams to GitLab workflows and maintain runbooks.
• Integrate monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK) for GitLab health and pipeline performance
• Provide 24/7 on-call support as needed.

Skills

GitLab administration

Artifactory

Xray

SonarQube

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

OpenShift

AWS

Azure

IBM Cloud

SAML/SSO

LDAP

RBAC

CI/CD pipelines

Runbooks

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab Self-Managed

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Terraform Enterprise

Ansible Automation Platform

Job description

VDart Inc. in Dallas, TX is seeking an experienced GitLab Administrator to join the Code Management team onsite on a contract basis. The role focuses on optimizing CI/CD workflows and maturing automation using GitLab, Terraform, and Ansible.

Responsibilities include designing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, hardening GitLab for enterprise use (SAML/SSO, LDAP, RBAC), and enabling self-hosted runners at scale, plus on-call support as needed.