Release and DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Release and DevOps Engineer

Overview:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive team member to have a dual role of Release and DevOps Engineer. This team member would manage the build, packaging, and deployment of our software applications across environments as well as focus on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to design, implement, and maintain automated pipelines that accelerate software delivery and improve system reliability. You will work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure high-quality, timely, and consistent software releases.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate all aspects of the software release lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, execution, and communication across staging and production environments. Facilitate release readiness meetings and go/no-go decision points with stakeholders.
• Automate build, test, and deployment processes for multiple environments (dev, staging, production).

• Optimize deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary) to reduce risk.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such Bamboo, Bitbucket, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures and release-related issues.
• Work closely with security and compliance teams to integrate security scanning into pipelines (DevSecOps).
• Manage version control, branching, and merging strategies (Git).
• Collaborate with development, QA, operations, and product teams to plan and execute release schedules.
• Ensure that release plans include proper documentation, approvals, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure that releases meet best practices, security, compliance, and rollback standards.
• Monitor application performance and health post-deployment using tools like New Relic or Datadog.

• Continuously improve release processes through automation and tooling enhancements. Track and report release metrics, including success rates, issues, and rollback incidents.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Overall experience of 8+ years with 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps with a CI/CD focus.
• Preferred experience as a software engineer.
• Expertise in pipeline automation and scripting.
• Solid knowledge of version control systems, especially Git.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.