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. The DevOps Engineer uses automation to minimize manual intervention and enhance system stability and reliability. In this role, the DevOps Engineer will use technical and problem-solving skills to help the team tackle complex issues, satisfy customer requirements, and accomplish development objectives.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Perform DevOps activities, including 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
Be an expert in investigating, debugging, and resolving platform-specific build failures and issues in development, testing and production environment to maintain high system reliability
Collaborate with members of the software development, infrastructure and testing teams to brainstorm best techniques to reduce and resolve complex technological infrastructure, build or packaging problems
Measure and monitor metrics and alarms extensively to ensure the performance and reliability of systems.
Execute acceptance tests to ensure product build stability and conformance to company quality standards
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
1 to 3 Yrs of work experience in DevOps
Experience with building C/C++ programs on Linux or Windows operating systems
Experience with build systems including CMake and SCons
Experience with build project configuration and dependency management
Experience with programming languages such as C/C++, C#, Fortran, Java
Experience with IDEs such as Microsoft Visual Studio and compiler suites such as Intel and GNU
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, Windows batch and Linux shell scripts
Experience with pipeline configuration languages like YAML
Experience with source code version control systems such as Git
Experience with Azure DevOps for managing source code repositories, build pipelines and agents
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