AI‑Driven Release Engineer II: CI/CD & SecOps

MISO Default Brand; Eagan, Carmel (MN, IN); On-site; USD 122,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Vacation time

Sick time

Safe time

Job summary

MISO is seeking a Release Engineer II to help automate and secure the software supply chain, across CI/CD, DevSecOps, AI, cloud, and containers. You’ll build and operate the engineering platforms, enable AI-native capabilities, and improve developer experience while scaling reliable software delivery.

You will advance AI-forward initiatives, manage GitHub, Copilot, and Claude configurations, and partner with product teams to reduce toil and accelerate innovation across the electric grid—45

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated experience implementing, maintaining, and supporting CI/CD production platforms, preferably GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience enabling and validating agentic AI tools such as GitHub Copilot or Claude at enterprise scale, with attention to security, privacy, IP, and governance.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python preferred) and experience building automation that reduces manual operational work.
• Experience integrating security and quality controls into software delivery, including secrets management, automated quality gates, and familiarity with application security scanning and compliance environments like NERC CIP or SOC 1.
• Experience building, deploying, and troubleshooting containerized workloads using Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes, including managing images and deployment health.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Enable and advance responsible, agentic AI capabilities across MISO, using AI to enhance developer experience and support AI-native engineering practices.
• Implement automated, reusable pipelines to build, test, review, secure, deploy, and release software products with a focus on developer experience and continuous delivery.
• Develop software and infrastructure-as-code to automate manual operational work, reduce engineering toil, and enable self-service across technology platforms.
• Monitor and troubleshoot pipelines, deployments, environments, and engineering tools to identify root causes and deliver durable, long-term fixes.
• Integrate secure development practices, application-security controls, and standardized quality gates into workflows while collaborating with partner teams.

Skills

CI/CD

DevSecOps

AI tooling

Python

Cloud platforms

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

Podman

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

Job description

MISO is seeking a Release Engineer II to help automate and secure the software supply chain, across CI/CD, DevSecOps, AI, cloud, and containers. You’ll build and operate the engineering platforms, enable AI-native capabilities, and improve developer experience while scaling reliable software delivery.

You will advance AI-forward initiatives, manage GitHub, Copilot, and Claude configurations, and partner with product teams to reduce toil and accelerate innovation across the electric grid—45