The Opportunity

Job Description:

Our client is seeking an energetic, experienced release engineer who is passionate about applying technology to manage the release process and providing necessary automation (engineering).  As Release Engineer, you will have the opportunity to be on the forefront of driving a major transformation. We are modernizing our DevOps and engineering practice, which includes implementing the latest DevOps philosophies and methodologies. As a part of this modernization effort, the ideal candidate will help train/ mentor the team on best practices within the engineering space of the DevOps and Engineering division.

Responsibilities:

• Implement and manage the releases using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) systems and methodologies on-premise and in a cloud platform.
• Creation of automation scripts and templates for provisioning resources, rolling out tools and new features.
• Identification of areas where automation is needed and coming up with necessary scripts that can help smoothen the process.
• Design and maintain tools to automate operational and application processes.
• Help with monitoring systems and providing support.
• Work with all teams to achieve business objectives.
• As a release engineer one should take care deployment issues at customer sites/Transcend internal environments, work with BAs, customer support teams to fix installation problems etc.
• Coordinating with the third-party service provider for timely repair of the system and repairing minor flaws in hardware
• Ensure that software builds happen predictably, consistently and reliably.
• Assist development in troubleshooting system and software issues in all environments.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or other related technical degree; or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of career experience including release management process and process automation in cloud and on-prem environments.
• Release engineer from a product company is a plus.
• Good analytical skills with strong enthusiasm to find out areas where automation is needed and coming up with necessary scripts that can help automate the process.
• Experience in SQL and Shell scripting to write automated scripts that help in smooth deployments.
• Experience in preparing deployment check lists, release notes and test evidence documents.
• High level understanding of DevOps tools so that the person can identify deployment failures by looking at the necessary log files. (understanding Log files of Docker scripts, ansible scripts etc.)
• Familiarity with CI/CD methodologies, automation pipeline, workflows and tools.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting and the use of monitoring tools and dash boards.
• Experiencing in setting up new environments.
• Experience with installation of various infrastructure services such as Middleware, Databases etc.
• understanding of business practices, looks for vulnerabilities, and provides continuous monitoring and testing across all platforms
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.