Senior CI/CD Architect - Cloud-Native Delivery & Automation

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

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.