Interview In-Person--CI/CD AI Automation Expert

Title: CI/CD AI Automation Expert Location: Pennington NJ Duration: Contract on w2 Job Description: Responsibilities: • Architect and implement robust, scalable, and secure CI/CD pipelines primarily utilizing Harness or other AI-driven automation platforms • Drive the adoption of GitOps principles and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and Ansible for environment provisioning on major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) • Design and implement advanced deployment strategies (e.g., Canary, Blue/Green, Progressive Delivery) and automated rollback mechanisms • Manage and integrate artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog Artifactory) into the CI/CD workflow to ensure secure, traceable, and reliable binary management • Leverage AI features within CI/CD tools to enhance efficiency, specifically focusing on Automated Deployment Verification (Continuous Verification) to reduce deployment risk • Implement AI-driven test intelligence to run only relevant unit/integration tests, accelerating build times • Use predictive analytics to identify pipeline bottlenecks and proactively recommend optimizations Requirements: • 4+ years of hands-on experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines in a production environment • 2+ years of direct experience with NextGen CI/CD platforms like Harness CI/CD, GitLab CI, or similar • Deep expertise with a major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and experience with cloud-native services • Proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies, especially Docker and Kubernetes • Expert-level knowledge of IaC tools (Terraform/CloudFormation) and configuration management (Ansible/Chef/Puppet)