DevOps Release Engineer

Job Description:

Position Summary:

In this role youll work collaboratively with software engineering QA solutions delivery engineering sales and product management to coordinate automate and govern the end-to-end release lifecycle. A primary focus of this role will be planning release cadences managing branching and merge strategies orchestrating deployments across environments and ensuring quality gates are met before code reaches production. This position will also assist with design coding testing debugging and documentation of proprietary build packaging and deployment automation used to improve software delivery operations.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own and drive execution of the IntelliVIEW software release checklist end-to-end holding accountable parties on schedule across pre-code-cutoff beta code-freeze pre-release release and post-release phases for each major version
• Drive release planning by finalizing scope with the Portfolio Manager and development managers maintaining fix versions in JIRA setting and communicating realistic target release dates and coordinating code cutoff and the creation of the release branch
• Own source control branching merging tagging and versioning strategies; develop test and debug code and scripts used to build package and deploy both Desktop and Server-based applications and post install files to ShareFile for distribution
• Drive quality gates to closure working with the QA Manager to confirm Zephyr Scale test plan execution before code freeze and release enforcing JIRA hygiene so all version issues are resolved or rescheduled and chairing the formal go/no-go meeting with sign-off from Management Engineering and Product
• Own release communication across Software Development Solutions Delivery Marketing Sales Support and Engineering issuing code cutoff notifications beta availability announcements stakeholder release updates and scheduling release review meetings
• Design implement and monitor build deployment and configuration pipelines and standards; maintain release documentation runbooks and audit-ready records of all production changes; track post-release KPIs (adoption rate customer-reported bugs reported vs. resolved) with QA; and chair the lessons-learned retrospective with Sales Support Development and Engineering

Competencies:

• Communication- Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

• Adaptability The ability to adapt to unexpected changes or new demands while working on projects or routine coding solutions.

• Quality Orientation - Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

• Work Standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

• Applied Learning- Applying obtained knowledge to work at hand.

• Continuous Learning- Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application.

• Innovation Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or higher preferably in Computer Science or Engineering related fields or specialized training in coding
• Experience with build packaging and installer tools such as MS Build Wix and Microsoft Visual Studio
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies branching/merging strategies semantic versioning and formal release management and change control processes
• Demonstrated ability with scripting languages/tools such as Powershell Python or Windows Batch
• Experience managing and configuring Agile project management tools such as Atlassian JIRA
• Experience managing and configuring build pipelines CI/CD and deployment orchestration using platforms such as Azure DevOps including release gates approvals and environment promotion
• Experience provisioning and administering cloud environments such as AWS Azure or Google
• Ability to create detailed documentation release notes runbooks and training materials and to facilitate training on release and DevOps practices
• 3 years experience working in a Release Engineering DevOps or similar role with demonstrated ownership of production deployments
• Excellent problem solving and strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills
• Ability to work in teams and independently

Must become knowledgeable in Alpine Software Configuration Management tools/processes within 90 days of hire.

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