Senior DevOps Engineer

**Requisition #**: 17087

**Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement**:
When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.

**Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.**

**Summary / Role Purpose**

The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for the DevOps activities of one or more software products and supporting systems.

In this role, the Senior DevOps Engineer will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.

Additionally, the Senior DevOps Engineer will lead the design and implementation of cloud solution architectures, enabling secure and modular cloud-based products.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement effective solutions for complex infrastructure, build, and packaging challenges.
- Perform moderately complex debugging and testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered.
- Maintain and enhance DevOps tools, infrastructure and build environment used by product creation teams.
- Oversee the management, optimization, and scalability of CI/CD pipelines.
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud solution architectures for our products.
- Design and support microservices-based build workflows for cloud and on-premises deployment.
- Automate distribution of products via Docker images and deploy them on Kubernetes-based environments.
- Deploy and maintain testing environments to support development and testing activities.
- Employ and promote best practices and help to maintain them through technical reviews.
- Maintain comprehensive internal documentation of release processes, CI/CD workflows, and DevOps procedures.
- Participate in scrum meetings and collaborate across geographically distributed teams.

**Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience**
- BS in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years’ experience, MS with 3 years’ experience, or PhD with 1 year experience
- At least 2 years of experience with the following:

- Automated CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
- Source code version control software (Git)
- Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
- Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
- Scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
- Knowledge of secured SDLC practices and experience managing security vulnerabilities.

**Preferred Qualifications and Skills**
- Thorough knowledge of software development tools, compilers, and packaging software
- Proficiency in Windows and/or Linux operating systems
- Strong understanding of networking, databases, and cloud computing
- Experience with Java build tools (Maven, Ant)
- Familiarity with KeyCloak, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana
- Passion for crafting robust and efficient automated build systems
- Good communication and interpersonal skills

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: our commitments to stakeholders, our values that guide how we work together, and our actions to deliver results. **As ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement**

Our Commitments:

- Amaze with innovative products and solutions
- Make our customers incredibly successful
- Act with integrity
- Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

Our Values:

- Adaptability: Be open, welcome what’s next
- Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
- Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
- Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

Our Actions:

- We commit to audacious goals
- We work seamlessly as a team
- We demonstrate mastery
- We deliver outstanding results

**VALUES IN ACTION**

Ansys is committed to powering the people who power human advancement. We believe in creating and nurturing a workplace that supports and welcomes people of all backgrounds; encouraging them to bring their talents and experience to a workplace where they are valued and can thrive.

Our culture is grounded in our four core values of adaptability, courage, generosity, and authenticity. Through our behaviors and actions, these values foster higher team performance and greater innovation for our customers.

We’re proud to offer programs, available to all employees, to further impact innovation and business outcomes