Azure DevOps Lead – CI/CD & Release Automation

AppLab Systems, Inc; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AppLab Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Lead Technical Consultant to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms in a regulated environment.

You will lead release automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, and Artifactory, while owning Python tooling across multiple teams. The role demands hands-on experience building deployment pipelines, Ansible playbooks, Liquibase-based database releases, and governance-driven release processes in

Qualifications

• 10+ years DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, or Release Automation experience.
• Advanced Python scripting experience.
• Strong Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX experience.
• Strong Git expertise beyond basic source control usage.
• Experience with Liquibase or comparable database release tooling.
• Experience supporting enterprise SDLC and release governance processes.
• Experience building automation solutions for consumption by multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, or equivalent platforms.
• Create pipeline-as-code solutions with conditional logic based on Git branches, tags, release types, and deployment targets.
• Implement reusable deployment workflows that support multiple application teams.
• Design and maintain automated release processes across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments.
• Implement approval gates, artifact promotion workflows, and deployment controls.
• Standardize deployments across multiple applications and business units.
• Develop Ansible playbooks from scratch.
• Design reusable Ansible roles and Jinja2 templates.
• Manage environment-specific configurations and inventory structures.
• Develop Ansible Tower/AWX workflows, surveys, and role-based deployment processes.

Skills

Python scripting

Git

Ansible Tower/AWX

Liquibase

CI/CD automation

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Harness

JFrog Artifactory

Ansible

Liquibase

Job description

AppLab Systems, Inc. is seeking an experienced DevOps Lead Technical Consultant to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms in a regulated environment.

You will lead release automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, and Artifactory, while owning Python tooling across multiple teams. The role demands hands-on experience building deployment pipelines, Ansible playbooks, Liquibase-based database releases, and governance-driven release processes in