About Contour

Contour Software has grown from a dozen people to over 2,000 staff across 3 cities, in less than 14 years.

As a subsidiary of Constellation Software Inc., we are proud to be part of a global enterprise software conglomerate that has grown to become one of the top 10 software companies in the world, with employees and customers in 100+ countries. With a broad-based and ever-growing portfolio of market-leading, vertical-market enterprise solutions covering more than 100 industry domains in predominantly mature markets, CSI's recipe creates the perfect environment for professionals to build fulfilling, long-term careers.

What started as an R&D & Accounting back-office, has progressed into a full-service Global Centre serving all functions and departments, at the divisional as well as operating group/corporate level. Today Contour employees, located in Karachi, Lahore & Islamabad, are serving CSI divisions located in time zones spanning the globe, from Sydney to Vancouver. With the global growth of Constellation as the wind in our sails, we are only just getting started!

The Position

The division is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer with experience not only in the concepts but the implementation and support of pipelines using Visual Studio Online and/or GIT repos. This specialist will have development experience, expertise in automation with the latest CI/CD tools, and should be very fluent scripting in YAML, Perl, PS, etc. VMware, Jenkins, and Ansible are a must. Experience with security best practices is a big plus. The selected candidate shall work out of the Contour Software Karachi/Lahore/Islamabad office, working as part of the resource-center team, as an extension of the onshore IT team.

Roles And Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain pipelines of continuous integration and deployment to hosted and on-prem environments
• Develop pipeline components, primarily C# programming using .Net Framework and/or .Net Core
• Assist in Software Development
• Perform Code review
• Provide feedback and constructive critiques of system design
• Represent developers at regular stand-up meetings
• Convert existing manual workflows into automated playbooks
• Automate the setup and maintenance of application and database servers (Windows & Linux)
• Strong programming/scripting knowledge - Bash, Python, YAML, PS, etc.
• Software package management
• Troubleshooting of CI/CD pipelines, including network tracing and backend log analysis
• Technically strong and hands-on
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer with previous experience as a Software Developer and /or System Administrator
• 2+ years working with IIS
• 2 years of experience in CI/CD Tools, Jenkins, GitLab
• 2 years of experience with VMware (vCenter)
• 3 years or more experience with Windows and/or Linux (Red Hat & Centos) server administration
• Experience with OpenShift, Docker, or Kubernetes a huge plus
• Experience with monitoring tools such as NewRelic, DataDog or similar
• 2+ years with SQL databases
• Ample experience in scripting
• Solid understanding of client-server application architecture
• Networking skills (Troubleshooting, DNS, tracing)
• Experience working with software installation/upgrading procedures
  
  

Other Qualifications

• Good organization skills to balance and prioritize work, and multitask
• Good analytical and problem solving skills to troubleshoot systems problems
• Good communication skills to communicate with peers, internal stakeholders, and leadership
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Methodical, thorough and solution-oriented
• Highly motivated and self-driven
  
  

Exciting Benefits We Offer

• Market-leading Salary
• Medical Coverage – Self & Dependents
• Parents Medical Coverage
• Provident Fund
• Employee Performance-based bonuses
• Home Internet Subsidy
• Conveyance Allowance
• Profit Sharing Plan [Tenured Employees Only]
• Life Benefit
• Child Care Facility
• Company Provided Lunch/Dinner
• Professional Development Budget
• Recreational area for in-house games
• Sporadic On-shore training opportunities
• Friendly work environment
• Leave Encashment
  
  

Disclaimer: At Contour, we attribute our success to the unique contributions of our diverse staff. We’re committed to fostering a culture of respect that thrives on the varied perspectives and experiences of all individuals we recruit, employ, promote, and compensate. Since day one, we’ve adhered to a policy that champions a work environment honoring the worth and dignity of each person while being free from all forms of employment discrimination.

In our continuous effort to promote inclusivity, we extend our commitment to individuals with special needs by providing reasonable accommodations. We actively encourage qualified individuals with special needs to apply for the various openings within our company. Should you require assistance in completing the application process or have any inquiries regarding special facilities, please do not hesitate to contact our HR team. Your unique talents and abilities are welcomed and valued here.