Senior DevOps Engineer - Repository Migration

About the role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer or Artifact Repository Migration Consultant to support an international enterprise in migrating its existing software artifact repository to a modern, managed solution. The consultant will take ownership of the technical implementation, from requirements analysis and solution evaluation through migration, CI/CD integration, and decommissioning of the existing infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the existing Sonatype Nexus repository environment, including repositories, artifact formats, dependencies, and usage patterns.
• Assess migration requirements and identify artifacts to be migrated, regenerated, or retired.
• Define technical and security requirements for the future artifact repository solution.
• Evaluate managed/SaaS repository solutions, conduct proof-of-concept assessments, and recommend a suitable target architecture.
• Configure and implement the selected solution, including authentication, permissions, retention policies, and proxy/mirror functionality.
• Execute artifact migration and validate data integrity, checksums, and artifact accessibility.
• Reconfigure CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling, prepare technical documentation, and support the transition.
• Decommission the legacy repository environment and related cloud infrastructure.

Required skills

• DevOps
• Sonatype Nexus
• CI/CD
• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• Maven
• npm
• AWS
• Artifact migration

Nice to have

• JFrog Artifactory
• Azure Artifacts
• GitHub Packages
• AWS CodeArtifact
• Microsoft Entra ID
• SSO
• German

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience with artifact repository migrations
• Strong experience with managed/SaaS artifact repository solutions
• Solid DevOps expertise and practical experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong AWS knowledge

About the Company

Sidekick Network GmbH & Co. KG is an organization seeking support for an international enterprise project.