Sr. DevOps Software Engineer

Job Summary 

The Senior DevOps/Software Engineer will be part of Adtran’s Developer Experience (DX) team, which focuses on streamlining developer efficiency and satisfaction as measured by metrics and developer interactions.  A candidate must possess exceptional skills and expertise in DevOps, Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, GitHub applications, Docker image development, virtualization, developer tooling, and Linux developer environments.  This position requires supporting developers across R&D over emails, local office visits (no travel), chats, and screen sharing.  Senior leadership will be essential in exploring new projects, discovering solutions to large complex problems, developing step-by-step solutions, and coaching others, as they implement the solution. 

Detailed Responsibilities 

DevOps & CI/CD Infrastructure 

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, including templates jobs, marker files, and multiple libraries, which build a multitude of applications in C/C++, Python, Javascript, and more, and store artifacts in Artifactory. 

• Support hundreds of developers using these pipelines by helping them debug challenging pipeline failures and develop their own custom pipelines. 

• Be comfortable creating advanced, specialized pipelines to troubleshoot infrastructure, identify performance bottlenecks, and discover stability issues. 

• Migrate legacy systems to use Jenkins, GitHub, and Artifactory. 

• Create and maintain multiple GitHub tools and applications to: 

• Modify organizations and repositories. 

• Create, update, merge, and close pull requests. 

• Update dependencies automatically for custom build systems. 

• Report organization, repository, and user statistics. 

• Develop & maintain custom Docker images for use in build systems, pipelines, and developer tooling. 

• Exhibit DevSecOps mindset, focusing on secure infrastructure, secure development, reproducible builds, secure software supply chains, & enhancing legacy systems. 

Developer Tooling & Environment 

• Maintain and enhance Linux developer environments (e.g., Ubuntu, WSL2). 

• Administrate Ubuntu Linux servers with custom service deployments. 

• Push-button orchestration to simplify debugging in C/C++ applications. 

• Create and support custom tooling in Python to simplify developer workflows. 

• Develop Python programs to automatically generate reports, dashboards, and spreadsheets based on various artifacts, logs, and databases. 

• Experience & familiarity with modern AI based generative tooling for accelerating & simplifying software development. 

Build & Release Engineering 

• Maintain, support, and enhance C/C++ and Python build systems. 

• Ensure traceability and debuggability of builds. 

• Automate testing and release workflows, including static analysis and fuzz testing. 

Mentorship & Leadership 

• Mentor co-ops, interns, and junior engineers. 

• Lead technical training sessions and contribute to R&D-wide knowledge sharing. 

• Provide daily support for developers across multiple domains and technologies. 

Technical Skills 

• CI/CD: Jenkins 

• VCS/SCM:  git, GitHub 

• Virtualization:  WSL, Hyper-V, QEMU/KVM 

• Operating Systems:  Ubuntu & Windows 

• Containerization:  Docker, podman (rootless) 

• Storage:  Artifactory 

• Programming: Python, Bash (Linux Shell), C/C++ 

• Monitoring & Metrics: PostgreSQL, Grafana, Elasticsearch 

• Fundamental understanding of telecommunications & networking (Ethernet, DNS, IPv4, IPv6, TCP/UDP, HTTP, SSH/SSL, certificates, etc.) 

Soft Skills 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking 

• Recruitment Support: Conduct interviews and give staffing opinions for entry-level positions 

• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration 

• Leadership and mentoring capabilities 

• Initiative-driven and highly autonomous 

• Adaptability and resilience in high-pressure environments, ability to resolve crucial conversations 

Education & Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (required) 

• Master’s degree in related field preferred. 

• SAFe or equivalent agile/scrum training (a plus) 

• 5-10 years professional experience in related fields