Senior GitLab CICD Engineer

Executive Recruiting; Greenbelt (MD); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Recruiting seeks a remote Senior GitLab CI/CD Engineer to design, build, optimize, and support secure CI/CD pipelines in a modern AWS environment. This hands-on role emphasizes scalable delivery frameworks, automated deployments, and security integration across cloud platforms.

You will architect reusable pipeline patterns, manage GitLab runners, and partner with security teams to advance DevSecOps practices while mentoring engineering teams and documenting best practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runners.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining production CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD solutions within cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS services, IAM policies, networking concepts, and secure cloud deployment practices.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of software-development workflows, Git-based version control, branching strategies, and release-management practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex pipeline, deployment, and cloud-infrastructure issues.
• Ability to develop reusable, maintainable, and scalable CI/CD solutions.
• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, test, and deploy.
• Architect reusable pipeline frameworks, templates, modules, and automation that can be adopted across multiple teams.
• Manage GitLab runners and related pipeline infrastructure.
• Integrate GitLab CI/CD workflows with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Automate deployments across AWS environments using services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and related technologies.
• Implement automated testing, quality gates, security scanning, vulnerability checks, and artifact management within CI/CD workflows.
• Integrate Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation into deployment processes.
• Collaborate with software engineers, cloud engineers, security teams, and other technical stakeholders to establish standardized development and deployment practices.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, runner issues, deployment problems, performance bottlenecks, permission issues, and other complex CI/CD challenges.
• Develop secure deployment patterns using AWS IAM, networking, access controls, and cloud security best practices.
• Support containerized application deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Amazon EKS.
• Establish CI/CD technical standards, documentation, reusable patterns, and operational best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams adopting GitLab CI/CD and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Evaluate application and infrastructure requirements and recommend appropriate cloud, automation, and deployment approaches.
• Develop technical documentation and support materials that enable teams to operate and troubleshoot CI/CD solutions effectively.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve pipeline reliability, deployment speed, security, scalability, and developer experience.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

AWS

IaC

Terraform

Cloud security

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Our client is seeking a remoteSenior GitLab CI/CD Engineer to serve as a hands-on technical expert responsible for designing, building, optimizing, and supporting secure CI/CD pipelines within a modern AWS environment.

This is a remote engineering role for someone with deep GitLab CI/CD experience who can build scalable delivery frameworks, automate application deployments, integrate security and testing into pipelines, and troubleshoot complex build and deployment issues.

The right person will be equally comfortable architecting reusable CI/CD patterns and getting hands-on with GitLab runners, pipeline configuration, AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, and deployment automation.

Success in this role means creating reliable, secure, reusable delivery pipelines that allow development teams to build, test, and deploy applications quickly and consistently across cloud environments.

What You Will Do

• Design, configure, maintain, and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting application build, testing, security validation, and deployment.
• Architect reusable pipeline frameworks, templates, modules, and automation that can be adopted across multiple development teams and projects.
• Configure and manage GitLab runners and related pipeline infrastructure.
• Integrate GitLab CI/CD workflows with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Automate application deployments across AWS environments using services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and related technologies.
• Implement automated testing, quality gates, security scanning, vulnerability checks, and artifact management within CI/CD workflows.
• Integrate Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation into application deployment processes.
• Partner with software engineers, cloud engineers, security teams, and other technical stakeholders to establish standardized development and deployment practices.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, runner issues, deployment problems, performance bottlenecks, permission issues, and other complex CI/CD challenges.
• Develop secure deployment patterns using AWS IAM, networking, access controls, and cloud security best practices.
• Support containerized application deployment using Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Amazon EKS.
• Establish CI/CD technical standards, documentation, reusable patterns, and operational best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams adopting GitLab CI/CD and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Evaluate application and infrastructure requirements and recommend appropriate cloud, automation, and deployment approaches.
• Develop technical documentation and support materials that enable teams to operate and troubleshoot CI/CD solutions effectively.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve pipeline reliability, deployment speed, security, scalability, and developer experience.

What You Will Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD, including pipelines, runners, configuration, and deployment automation.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and maintaining production CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience implementing CI/CD solutions within cloud environments, preferably AWS.
• Strong working knowledge of AWS services, IAM policies, networking concepts, and secure cloud deployment practices.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code technologies such as Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong understanding of software-development workflows, Git-based version control, branching strategies, and release-management practices.
• Experience troubleshooting complex pipeline, deployment, and cloud-infrastructure issues.
• Ability to develop reusable, maintainable, and scalable CI/CD solutions.
• Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Docker and containerized application development or deployment.
• Experience with Kubernetes and/or Amazon EKS.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices within GitLab pipelines.
• Experience integrating automated security scanning, SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, container scanning, or similar security tooling.
• Experience managing artifact repositories and software-package workflows.
• Experience building standardized GitLab pipeline templates used across multiple teams or applications.
• Experience mentoring developers or engineering teams on CI/CD and cloud deployment practices.
• Experience working within federal government, government contracting, or other regulated technology environments.

Work Environment

• This position is performed in a remote environment.
• No routine travel is required.