Cloud Engineer, CI/CD

Company Description

QAD is building a world-class SaaS company, and we are growing. We are looking for talented individuals who want to join us on our mission to help solve relevant real-world problems in manufacturing and the supply chain.

We are a virtual first company and your primary work experience will be virtual / working from your home.  Occasional travel to a physical office may be required to enhance working relationships, collaboration, design, strategy and alignment.    

Job Description

The Cloud CI/CD Engineer will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of CI/CD pipelines supporting automation application deployment in both public and private clouds.  Ensure an “Automate first” culture that builds in optimization and automation opportunities from the onset and accelerates adoption and rollout plans in the existing infrastructure. Responsibilities also include development & rollout of automated servers and application provisioning routines to perform headless installation of QAD application and third Party software across both Public and Private Clouds. The Cloud CI/CD Engineer will be embedded in product development and release cycles to ensure representation of an operational view of the product including Consistency/Standards, Security, Availability/Uptime, Scalability/Performance, Ease of Maintenance, Business Continuity, & Cost of Ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Design & Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation through DevOps pipelines.  Provision and Manage Git Source Control Management (SCM).
• Develop, Test, & Rollout automated application provisioning routines to perform headless installation of QAD application and third Party software.  This includes development, documentation, and training for scripts & routines to deploy QAD ERP software, QAD Divisional software, and 3rd Party software.
• Troubleshoot, maintain, and improve upon new and existing CI/CD implementations

• Evaluate and recommend potential new and/or improved technologies to help facilitate IaC execution and efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent experience.

• Other Program / Supplemental Training: AWS certified Solution Architect Associate or equivalent cloud certification

• 3 to 5 years experience in CI/CD. 

• Strong understanding of building automated solutions experience in cloud-based applications.

• Working knowledge of Windows and Linux-based systems administration skills in a Cloud or Virtualized environment.

• Infrastructure automation through DevOps scripting (E.g. shell, Python, Powershell, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, & similar technologies).

• Hands-on knowledge of Public Cloud (preferably AWS) services.

• Strong ability to design and develop scalable automation to quickly deploy large enterprise customers in both Public and Private Clouds.

• Wide breadth of experience working at all layers of the tech stack (database, networking, applications, infrastructure).

• Computer skills: 

1. CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance: Terraform, Packer, Jenkins or GitLab CI, Ansible, Helm charts, ArgoCD

2. Cloud Infrastructure: AWS

3. Databases: RDBMS (any) and NoSQL (any), AWS RDS (preferred)

4. OS: Linux, Windows

5. Containerization: Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, other Microservices

6. Other technologies: Apache Tomcat, Kafka, NiFi, Spark, JVM 

7. Good Understanding of networking concepts (private vs public, TCP ports, VLANs, subnets, CIDR, etc.)

• Other knowledge: Highly motivated self-starter and a change agent with experience and desire to drive organizations to be successful on cutting-edge Cloud technologies. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements. Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Effectively able to depict complex systems through diagrams and documentation.  Excellent interpersonal skills to work with cross-functional teams. Knowledge of software development processes & lifecycle management. Able to effectively present technical information to non-technical audiences.  Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly. 

Additional Information

• Your health and well being are important to us at QAD. We provide programs that help you strike a healthy work-life balance.
• Opportunity to join a growing business, launching into its next phase of expansion and transformation.
• Collaborative culture of smart and hard-working people who support one another to get the job done.
• An atmosphere of growth and opportunity, where idea-sharing is always prioritized over level or hierarchy.
• Compensation packages based on experience and desired skill set

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About QAD:

QAD Inc. is a leading provider of adaptive, cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies. Global manufacturers face ever-increasing disruption caused by technology-driven innovation and changing consumer preferences. In order to survive and thrive, manufacturers must be able to innovate and change business models at unprecedented rates of speed. QAD calls these companies Adaptive Manufacturing Enterprises. QAD solutions help customers in the automotive, life sciences, packaging, consumer products, food and beverage, high tech and industrial manufacturing industries rapidly adapt to change and innovate for competitive advantage.

QAD is committed to ensuring that every employee feels they work in an environment that values their contributions, respects their unique perspectives and provides opportunities for growth regardless of background. QAD’s DEI program is driving higher levels of diversity, equity and inclusion so that employees can bring their whole self to work.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. 

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