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 using Patroni, etcd, PgBouncer, HAProxy.

- Expertise
in provisioning infrastructure using Terraform.

- Robust
understanding of VM -based architectures (e.g., VMware, KVM, or Hyper -V).

- Object
storage integration using MinIO or S3 -compatible services.

- GitLab
Geo setup and synchronization troubleshooting.

- Network -level
expertise: firewalls, VIPs, load balancing, inter -site routing.

- CI/CD configuration, runners, token management, and
access control.


Nice to Have Skills:

- Familiarity
with Ansible or other configuration management tools

- Monitoring
with Prometheus/Grafana

- Understanding
of DNS -based failover vs. HAProxy -based

- Experience with air -gapped or security -hardened
environments


Detailed Job Description ;

- 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)


Minimum
Years of Experience : 7 - 8 years