Staff Build & Release Engineer DevOps

As a Staff Build & Release Engineer DevOps you will be responsible for providing build and release strategy and hands on implementation for highly complex as well as parallel and concurrent releases for a Software Product.

You will manage Continuous Code Integration Deployments and Tests within Software Development Life Cycle working independently and is seen as a Technical Leader.

The role demonstrates deep understanding of concurrent software development its effect on build management and releasing the builds across versions and environments.

Responsibilities

• Owning strategy designing and implementation for builds continuous integration delivery test and release processes for large and complex releases of a product and at times expands the scope across multiple concurrent releases.

• Managing and improving release process focusing on scale and efficiency and deploying the right builds across environments.

• Managing key deliverables and mentors junior team members.

• Contributing in driving initiatives such as defining standards and processes to ensure quality.

• Working cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables.

• Developing and enhancing the test infrastructure and continuous integration framework used across teams.

• Determining best practices and principals and promotes them across the team.

• Demonstrating expert knowledge in developing and executing automated builds and scripts.

• Learning new build and releasing techniques and methodologies and trains the team in the same.

• Working with developers and stakeholders to deliver quality software through the build and deployment system.

• Partnering with and provides direction to fellow team members to diagnose bugs and formulate solutions.

• Evangelisting and adopting and use industry best practices to improve Build Release and Continuous integration and delivery processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• Strong experience in software development with a strong focus on DevOps principles and practices.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.

• Extensive experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps CircleCI).

• Strong understanding and experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes).

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).

• Solid understanding of networking concepts operating systems (Linux/Windows) and database systems.

• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible Puppet Chef).

• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK stack).

• Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced collaborative environment.

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