DevOps Developer

Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps & Backstage)

Location: North Carolina Charlotte

Duration: Contract

About the Role

We are looking for a DevOps-focused Software Developer to join our Platform Engineering team. In this role, you won't just be "managing" infrastructure you will be building it. Your primary mission is to enhance the Developer Experience (DevEx) by developing and maintaining our Internal Developer Portal (Backstage) and integrating it seamlessly with our CI/CD ecosystem.

You will bridge the gap between core infrastructure and application development, creating "Golden Paths" that allow our engineering teams to deploy code faster, safer, and with less friction.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Development: Build, customize, and maintain our Backstage instance. This includes developing custom plugins (Node.js/React) to integrate internal tools.

• CI/CD Orchestration: Design and automate end-to-end pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins, ensuring tight integration with our software catalog.

• Self-Service Automation: Create Software Templates (Scaffolder) in Backstage to automate the provisioning of repositories, cloud infrastructure, and monitoring.

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Maintain and scale infrastructure using Terraform or Pulumi, ensuring all resources are treated as versioned code.

• Kubernetes Management: Optimize container orchestration and deployment strategies using ArgoCD or Flux (GitOps).

• Developer Advocacy: Partner with application teams to identify bottlenecks in their workflow and build automated solutions to solve them.

Technical Qualifications

• Languages: Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js (essential for Backstage development) and Python or Go for automation.

• Developer Portals: Hands-on experience with Backstage.io (Software Catalog, Scaffolder, TechDocs).

• DevOps Tools: Deep expertise in Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), and Helm.

• CI/CD & GitOps: Proven experience with GitHub Actions and GitOps tools like ArgoCD.

• Cloud Providers: Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Front-end Basics: Comfortable with React for customizing Backstage UI components.

Soft Skills

• Product Mindset: You treat the internal platform as a product and the developers as your customers.

• Documentation: A passion for creating "TechDocs" that are actually readable and helpful.

• Problem Solver: Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and pipeline failures.
  
  Thanks

• Vignesh Kumar Nandala