DevOps R&D Engineer II

 Requisition #: 16187 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

The R&D DevOps Engineer II works with a large team dedicated to the design, development, and maintenance of LS-DYNA, the industry-leading explicit simulation software for applications like crash, impact, fracture, fluid-structure interaction, and more. This role is more directed towards ensuring efficiency and ease of use of the software build tools and pipelines. The DevOps Engineer II uses automation to minimize manual intervention and enhance system efficiency. In this role, the DevOps Engineer II will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform DevOps activities, including the maintenance, monitoring, documenting, and testing of product builds and packaging to provide quality production builds
• Configure and maintain tools for generating, deploying and monitoring ANSYS product builds on Windows and Linux platforms within Cloud and On-Premises hardware infrastructure
• As a member of DevOps team, you will work with development teams to help create automated pipelines and solutions required for continuous delivery
• Be an expert in investigating, debugging, and resolving platform-specific build failures and issues in development, testing and production environment to maintain high system reliability
• Collaborate with members of the software development, infrastructure and testing teams to brainstorm best techniques to reduce and resolve complex technological infrastructure, build or packaging problems

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of hands on experience with building continues integration (CI) and continues deployment(CD) pipelines using DevOps tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub actions.
• Experience with writing yaml based pipelines for CICD and Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, PowerShell or Bash for automation.
• Strong knowledge of Git and branching strategies and version control tools like Azure Repos or GitHub.
• Experience with Linux, Docker and Containers
• Strong interpersonal, team and communication skills, with the ability to facilitate and conduct presentations to stakeholders.
• Logical problem-solving approach and the ability to clearly communicate the situation and proposed solution to the customer
• Self-starter who possesses a sense of urgency, strong organizational and follow up skills

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

• Experience with Project tracking tools Azure DevOps Boards, JIRA
• Experience with tools for scanning vulnerabilities (e.g., SonarQube, CycloneDx).
• Experience with high performance computing
• Experience with scientific computing

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement

Our Commitments:

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

VALUES IN ACTION

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.  

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.  

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes, such as employee networks and learning communities that inform solutions for our globally minded customer base. 

WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively, we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in working with well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high — met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head on. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at a lower cost. Ready to feel inspired? Check out some of our recent customer stories, here and here.

At Ansys, it’s about the learning, the discovery, and the collaboration. It’s about the “what’s next” as much as the “mission accomplished.” And it’s about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can, and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy, and ethics.
 

CREATING A PLACE WE’RE PROUD TO BE 
Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following more recent awards, although our list goes on: Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplace globally and in the U.S., Gold Stevie Award Winner, America’s Most Responsible Companies, Fast Company World Changing Ideas, Great Place to Work Certified (China, Greece, France, India, Japan, Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and U.K.).

 
For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com
 

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.
 
Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.