DevOps Build Engineer

Req ID: 11771

Work Flexibility: Remote

QSC is creating exceptional, people-centric experiences with the perfect balance of technology and creativity. Q-SYS, our innovative full stack audio, video and control platform, unifies data, devices and a cloud-first architecture, empowering organizations to deliver transformative AV experiences across built spaces. Building on the QSC legacy, QSC Audio delivers audio technology that empowers live entertainers and sound reinforcement professionals with the confidence to create and deliver memorable experiences for their audiences.

Atrius, Distech Controls and QSC are part of the Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS) business segment. Our mission is to make spaces smarter, safer and greener through our strategy of connecting the edge with the cloud using disruptive technologies that leverage data interoperability.

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals. Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.

Job Summary

The DevOps Build Engineer will work with an experienced team of software and firmware engineers to develop and support our Q-SYS platform.  Q-SYS is a fast growing, award winning, software and hardware platform built on cutting-edge audio, video and control products.  In this position you will design and engineer a build, test, and release toolchain that supports the software components of the Q-SYS ecosystem.  These components range from embedded Linux software deployed on microprocessors, to Windows desktop applications.  You will work closely with other software developers and DevOps engineers to improve and streamline the developer workflow, scale our automated build and test infrastructure for a continuously growing team, and implement the principles of continuous integration and continuous deployment into our team processes and culture.

This position is based in Cork, Ireland. In Office, M-F.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Assist in development of our automated build and test infrastructure, with a strong focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
Improve and streamline the development and deployment workflow for our software dev and SQA teams
Deploy and maintain applications like Jenkins, Nexus, and Artifactory through Infrastructure as Code tools
Continuously improve the deployment process to increase efficiency and reduce downtime
Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in DevOps and automation
Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth integration of new features and release of software products
Develop and maintain documentation for deployment processes and procedures

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a software development environment, DevOps, Build and Release Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering role
Excellent scripting skills in Groovy, JavaScript, Python and Linux shell scripts
Automation-focused perspective.  When you hear of a task or problem on the development team, your first instinct is to consider solving it with automation

Required Experience and Skillset:

Strong background in Linux software development workflow and tools
Strong background in Linux administration and application deployment
Proficient in designing and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes for embedded systems.
Experience in SCM tools like Bitbucket or any git based tools
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Preferred experience with one or more of the following:
Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, or other monitoring/logging tools
Virtualization technologies such as VMWare, KVM, libvirt