Founded in 1999 in Vienna, the Qualysoft Group is a manufacturer-independent IT consulting and services company, which successfully provides support for its international customers with the aim of boosting their competitiveness and economic efficiency through innovative IT solutions.
Its focus is on financial services providers, telecommunications companies, the automotive industry and energy service providers. Over 400 employees in 6 subsidiaries work together to ensure state of the art solutions for our clients.
We are looking for new colleagues in Qualysoft teams for diverse projects providing continuous learning opportunities. Our common goal is to provide honesty, development and a stable background while getting to know the latest technologies. We are waiting for your application for the position below!
About the Project:
Work type: Remote
Project: Scalable Renovate Solution for GitLab
Responsibilities:
Define and design the target architecture of the Renovate solution
Design a scalable operating model capable of supporting tens of thousands of GitLab repositories
Architect self-hosted Renovate, distributed workers/runners, job scheduling and caching
Design solutions for GitLab API and external registry rate-limit handling
Develop an automated repository discovery and onboarding approach
Define and maintain central, version-controlled Renovate configurations and shared presets
Establish update strategies, grouping rules, time windows and auto-merge policies
Ensure security and compliance requirements, including secure credential management and least-privilege access
Define and implement prioritisation of security-relevant and CVE-driven updates
Establish monitoring, logging, dashboards and operational KPIs
Plan and coordinate the rollout: pilot → rollout waves → full coverage
Own project planning, roadmap, prioritisation and rollout management
Coordinate stakeholders across GitLab platform operations, Security, development teams and management
Perform technical reviews of the implementation and make key architectural decisions
Coach and support engineers throughout the implementation
Contribute to documentation, guidelines and developer enablement/training
Work hands-on on prototypes and critical technical implementation questions
Requirements:
Several years of experience as a Solution Architect, Lead Architect or Senior DevOps Engineer
Strong experience with GitLab, preferably in large-scale environments
Practical experience with Renovate or a comparable automated dependency management solution
Strong DevOps and CI/CD background
Experience designing scalable, distributed and highly automated solutions
Solid understanding of infrastructure and platform architecture
Experience with APIs, authentication, credential management and security best practices
Experience with monitoring, logging and observability
Proven project management and stakeholder management skills
Ability to operate effectively as both a technical lead and project manager
Hands-on and solution-oriented mindset
Fluent English
Nice to Have:
Enterprise-level experience with Renovate
Kubernetes and containerisation experience
Cloud infrastructure experience
Experience delivering large-scale rollout or migration projects involving a high number of repositories
Why we think you will love working here:
With us you count as a person, our doors are always open.
We live the Qualysoft Team Spirit and stand for transparency!
Fresh wind and new ideas are welcome, because standstill is a foreign word at Qualysoft.
