Job Description
- Kafka knowledge
- 6-8 years experience as Release Engineer
- 2 years Kubernetes deployment experience
- CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins, GitLab)
- Excellent communication skills
- Understanding of software development lifecycle
- Kubernetes deployments and various strategies
- Docker image scanning and vulnerability fixes
- Manage CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GitLab/Nexus)
- Ansible configuration management
Project description
A hands-on position in which the candidate is responsible for developing, documenting, and enhancing applications releases processes and procedures in container environments using Docker and Kubernetes. Applicants should be able to track project deliverables and manage the choreography of dry runs and releases.
Candidates must demonstrate attention to details, time management, accuracy, and good communication skills. Applicants will be required to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team environment, as well as work and think independently. Candidate should be able to function equally well as an individual contributor and team member. Candidate should be able to adapt their schedule to meet dry runs and release requirements.
Responsibilities
Perform deployments to Kubernetes and maintain/troubleshoot deployment scripts.
Perform scanning and vulnerability fixes to docker images.
Setup and maintain CICD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab (GitOps).
Manage CICD tools like Jenkins/GitLab/Nexus.
Manage platform configurations via Ansible.
Use monitoring tools like Elasticsearch/Kibana, Grafana, Splunk.
Coordinate with different development teams and perform release management.
Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the solution successfully
Provide hands-on expertise for build and release engineering processes and procedures
Document, maintain and present best practice strategies to ensure near-term changes are aligned with long-term release objectives
Ensure established code branching standards and procedures are followed
Work closely with the technical and QA team to understand the system's functional and non-functional requirements and plan release deliverables
Collaborate with infrastructure and other backend teams on software upgrades, disaster recovery and other efforts.
Skills
Must have
Minimum of 6-8 years of experience as release engineer with 2 years maintain/troubleshoot deployment scripts using Kubernetes.
Experience working with Kubernetes deployments and various deployment strategies
Experience working in CICD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab (GitOps).
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong understanding of the software development cycle
Self-motivated, team player, action-and-results oriented with the ability to successfully deliver under tight project deadlines.
Nice to have
Good to have knowledge in Kafka.
Other
Languages
English: C1 Advanced
Seniority
Lead
