DevOps Engineer II (Azure DevOps)

Summary / Role Purpose

The R&D DevOps Engineer II will support the designing, implementing, and maintaining all phases of software build management and supporting systems for the Meshing Development Unit. This role will closely work with distributed cross functional teams developing next generation engineering software products and create & maintain build scripts, integrate open-source and third-party tools. The DevOps Engineer II uses automation to minimize manual intervention and enhance system stability and reliability. 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
• Develop, implement, and maintain fully automated build chains using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools
• 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 
• Measure and monitor metrics and alarms extensively to ensure the performance and reliability of systems. 
• Execute acceptance tests to ensure product build stability and conformance to company quality standards

 Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 3 to 5 Yrs of work experience in DevOps
• Experience with building C/C++ programs on Linux or Windows operating systems
• Experience with build systems including CMake and SCons
• Experience with build project configuration and dependency management
• Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, C#, Fortran, Java
• Experience with IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio and compiler suites such as Intel and GNU
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, Windows batch and Linux shell scripts
• Experience with source code version control systems such as Git
• Experience with Azure DevOps for managing source code repositories, CI/CD pipelines and agents
• Experience with pipeline configuration languages like YAML
• Passion for crafting robust and efficient automated build systems with exceptional debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Extremely strong in written and interpersonal communication skills

 Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• Experience working with open-source software, software development tools, compilers, and packaging software
• Experience working with GitHub
• Experience with dependency management software such as Conan and NuGet
• Experience with virtualization and cloud technology such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes
• Knowledge of cloud security