ECMS REQ ID
540520
Number of Openings
2
Country
India
Detailed JD (Roles and Responsibilities)
Job Description:
We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Architect/Engineer with 7-8 Years hands-on experience in deploying and managing GitLab High Availability (HA) and Geo DR solutions in a VM-based, fully on-premises environment. This role requires solid expertise in GitLab's internal components such as Gitaly, Praefect, PostgreSQL (HA via Patroni), MinIO, and CI/CD runner architecture, along with Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning.
The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of network-level integrations such as load balancers, VIPs, firewall rules, and inter-site routing, and will be responsible for setting up Site A (primary) and Site B (Geo backup) with full HA and failover capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect and deploy GitLab using Omnibus packages on VMs with full HA configuration.
- Set up and maintain GitLab Geo replication between Site A (primary) and Site B (backup).
- Configure PostgreSQL HA clusters using Patroni, etcd,
PgBouncer, and HAProxy
- Implement and manage Gitaly Clusters with Praefect for repository sharding and HA
- Set up MinIO as an on-prem object storage backend with bucket-level replication
- Configure and isolate Redis as non-replicated, cold standby at Geo secondary site
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform.
- Integrate GitLab with internal DNS, firewall, and networking services for HA & DR readiness.
- Configure and manage GitLab Runners with appropriate executor strategies using k8.
- Develop and execute backup, restore, and failover testing procedures.
- Create detailed architecture documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Must-Have Skills:
- Hands-on experience deploying GitLab Omnibus in production.
- In-depth knowledge of GitLab components: Gitaly, Praefect, PostgreSQL, Redis, Registry
- Experience with PostgreSQL HA usi
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