Harness CI/CD Engineer
Charlotte, NC
We are seeking a talented Harness Engineer with strong expertise in Harness CI/CD, pipeline automation, deployment orchestration, quality gates, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and DevSecOps practices. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines, managing deployment approvals and secrets, integrating automated quality controls, and supporting compliance requirements through DCMS evidence hooks and audit-ready deployment tracking.
Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain scalable Harness CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications.
Create and manage reusable Harness templates, workflows, and deployment strategies.Implement automated build, test, and deployment processes across multiple environments.
Configure and enforce automated quality gates to ensure code quality, security, and compliance requirements are met.
Integrate GitHub Actions with Harness pipelines to support end-to-end software delivery.
Build and manage containerized deployment solutions using Docker and Kubernetes.
Configure deployment approvals, governance policies, and change management workflows.
Manage secrets, credentials, and sensitive configuration using Harness Secret Manager or external vault solutions.
Implement and maintain DCMS evidence hooks to capture deployment evidence, audit logs, approvals, and compliance artifacts.
Monitor pipeline performance and optimize deployment reliability and efficiency.
Troubleshoot CI/CD failures, deployment issues, and infrastructure-related challenges.
Partner with Development, QA, DevOps, Security, and Release Management teams to improve software delivery processes.
Required Skills:
Harness Platform Expertise
Strong hands-on experience with Harness CI/CD
Pipeline creation and orchestration
Harness Templates and Template Libraries
Service, Environment, and Infrastructure Definitions
Deployment Strategies and Rollback Mechanisms
Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration workflows
CI/CD & Automation
Harness Pipelines
GitHub Actions
Jenkins (preferred)
Azure DevOps Pipelines
GitLab CI/CD
Pipeline-as-Code concepts
Automated Build, Test, and Deployment Processes
Quality & Governance
Automated Quality Gates
Deployment Verification
Policy Enforcement
Change Management Controls
Release Governance
Approval Workflows
Compliance Validation
Containerization & Cloud Technologies
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm Charts
OpenShift (Preferred)
AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
Secrets & Security
Harness Secrets Management
HashiCorp Vault
AWS Secrets Manager
Azure Key Vault
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
DevSecOps Best Practices
Compliance & Auditability
DCMS Evidence Hooks Integration
Audit Logging
Deployment Traceability
Compliance Reporting
Evidence Collection Automation
Release Documentation Automation
Preferred:
Experience implementing GitOps methodologies.
Knowledge of ArgoCD or Flux CD.
Exposure to Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Familiarity with ServiceNow Change Management integrations.
Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Datadog, ELK, or Prometheus.
Understanding of Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.
