Senior Release Engineer

DIVERSIFIED INC
Chicago, IL, United States
16 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
6 years minimum
Compensation
$135,000.0 - $140,000.0
Working hours
Shift work
Job source

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon Cloudfront Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Continuous Integration DevOps Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Scrum Methodology
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Release Management Web Applications Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Git Cloudformation Amazon Relational Database Service Information Technology Route53 Cloudwatch Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Cucumber (Software)

Job description

The Senior Release Engineer will monitor and coordinate the build and release cycle for a modern, cloud-based, customer-facing web application used by dealers worldwide. This role partners closely with Scrum Teams, QA, Product, and Business stakeholders to help a fast-moving global team deliver a best-in-class product that improves operational efficiency and reduces total cost of ownership for end users., * Monitor CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth, successful builds, and develop UAT and production release plans.

  • Coordinate with QA, Infrastructure, Product, and Business stakeholders to resolve build issues, determine the release feature set, and gather release documentation.
  • Serve in a secondary DevOps capacity, demonstrating competency with AWS services including ECS, EC2, EBS, S3, Glacier, RDS, VPC, Route53, ELB, IAM, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, SQS, SES, and Lambda.
  • Apply proficiency in Python to support release engineering and DevOps tasks.
  • Work closely with Scrum Masters and the engineering team, leading scrum-of-scrums calls and managing the overall release cadence.

Work Environment

This is a remote hybrid position based out of either our Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL office, with onsite presence required approximately one day per week (onsite time may increase). Candidates should be able to work flexible hours as needed to support release schedules

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science preferred) with 10+ years of relevant experience OR
  • Master’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience., * 8+ years of IT release or delivery management experience.
  • 6-7+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps tools and technologies.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Experience with Azure DevOps.
  • Experience working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum), collaborating across multiple teams as a Scrum Master, Program Manager, or Project Coordinator.
  • Strong understanding of and/or experience with AWS Cloud, automated CI/CD, and BDD with Cucumber.

Soft Skills:

  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.
  • Passion for technology and eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.

Benefits & conditions

401(k), Health insurance, Paid time off, Vision insurance, Health savings account, Dental insurance, Life insurance, Employee assistance program Full-time Hybrid work in Chicago, IL 60661, * 401(k)

  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid Holidays

About the company

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Senior Release Engineer to join our team in your choice of our Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL offices. We offer hybrid work with 1 day per week onsite, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you’re looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let’s talk!

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