DevOps Engineer

Summary / Role Purpose 

The R&D DevOps Engineer 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

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs 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
• Investigate, debug and resolve platform-specific build failures and issues in development, testing and production environment
• Work in a collaborative manner with members of the software development, infrastructure and testing teams and contribute to the overall build processes and integration of open source and third-party tools
• Execute acceptance tests to ensure product build stability and conformance to company quality standards

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Experience with building software on Linux or Windows operating systems
• Experience with source code version control systems such as Git
• Experience with IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio and compiler suites such as Intel and GNU
• Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, C#, Fortran, Java
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, shell scripts
• 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 CI/CD tools such as GitHub and Azure DevOps
• 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