Sr. Consultant

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.
  
• Strong
  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