Build & Release Engineer (Linux)

Texas  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Title: Dev/Ops Release Engineer (Linux)

Duration: 6 months +

Rate: $40/Hr

Number of Positions: 1

Years of experience: 2+

Description:

The development environment is Linux (python, ruby, bash). When we upgrade the system applications we use Docker to release code updates into production. This person will work in a QA Lab, ensure testing completion, own release date while understanding upstream and downstream impacts. CI is short for configuration items. This is an understanding of how things are configured for a software release. Experience with a CAB meeting or Change Control Board that approves releases into the environment is standard as most companies. The purpose of the DevOps/Release Engineer role is to ramp up and develop deployment practices to assure an acceptable level of quality for releases. You will work closely with QA and Development to facilitate the deployment through environments to production. You should be detail-oriented, flexible with hours (deployments can occur throughout the day). This role is assigned work of moderate to high complexity and with limited assistance from more senior team members. This individual must be detail orientated, have experience with release engineering, and flexible with hours as deployments occur throughout the day.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Create and maintain multiple test environments, ensuring that these environments are properly setup, configured, and available for each project as scheduled
  • Build and maintain deployment tools using Docker
  • Solve operational problems with a software engineer mindset
  • Name new environments accordingly based on our current superhero theme
  • Manage, deploy and support multiple concurrent releases through various test environments
  • Trace complex build problems, release issues and environment issues in a multi-component environment
  • Maintain environment release information across multiple lab environments such as software and configuration baseline version. Maintains build and release procedures, release branches, dependencies, and notification lists.
  • Participate in Change Management processes and provide input to Change Control Board for approvals for all types of releases.
  • Proactively identifies, recommends and implements process and other improvements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 2 years of experience in software engineering, release engineering and/or configuration management.
  • Strong Linux skills
  • A desire to automate all the things
  • Leadership experience and solid understanding of SDLC and Continuous Integration practices
  • Flexibility to work early shift (start time at 6:00 am)
  • Hand on experience with Jenkins or other CI/CD tools
  • Experience with AWS a plus
  • Experience with Docker a plus
  • Experience with relational databases a plus
  • Experience working with Agile release cycles
  • Experience in Source Code Branching and Merging
  • Experience with Scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, or Bash

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Understanding and experience with Agile software development methodologies
  • Experience working with rapid, overlapping product release cycles
  • 3+ years source control tool experience (eg Git, SVN)
  • 3+ years build automation experience (eg Jenkins, TravisCI, Concourse)
  • 3+ years build tools experience (eg Ant, Ivy, Maven, etc.)
  • Experience with infrastructure automation tools (eg Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
  • Experience managing Production deployments to load balanced web Servers, including experience deploying hotfixes to live websites.
  • Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and manage workload based on project deadlines and priorities.
  • Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Demonstrate strong written and verbal skills needed for documentation and leading production deployment calls.

EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent practical experience
Start date
February 2018
Duration
12 months +
(extension possible)
From
MCG - Midwest Consulting Group
Published at
20.02.2018
Project ID:
1506662
Contract type
Freelance
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