DevOps Engineer / Build and Release Engineer

Career Guidant Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a DevOps Engineer to manage build and release processes for large-scale web applications. This full-time role involves automating workflows, collaborating across teams, and ensuring efficient software delivery. Ideal candidates should have experience with CI/CD pipelines and various tools such as Jenkins and Maven.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Maven, Jenkins, and CI/CD rollouts.
• Experience with scripting languages like Bash and Linux/Unix.
• Knowledge of database systems like Oracle and MySQL is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex application releases and improve tools/processes.
• Support builds and automate build/release processes.
• Deploy software artifacts to various environments.

Skills

Continuous Integration

Deployment Management

Automation

Agile Methods

Scripting Languages

Tools

Maven

Jenkins

Sonar

Git

Docker

Job description

DevOps Engineer / Build and Release Engineer

• Contract

Career Guidant is a USA based corporation duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Georgia. Career Guidant specializes in Software Development, Software Consultancy, and Information Technology Enabled Services.

• SCM Continuous Integration / Delivery Build Team Engineer with experience in Application Service and Web Application Build, Deployment, and Release Management, including establishing and maintaining development, testing, and production environment rollouts.
• Manage complex application releases for development, QA, and production, and improve tools and processes.
• Support builds and aim to automate build and release processes.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and support teams to leverage expertise and contribute to the tech community.
• Focus on automation and agile methods, refining build, test, and release practices across the organization.
• Support and improve SCM/Build & Deployment tooling for continuous integration, automated testing, and self-service release management.
• Manage multiple concurrent releases, builds, and deployments from development to production.

Activities:

• Build, Deployment, and Release Management for large-scale Web Applications.
• Deploy software artifacts to various environments including Development, QA, Integration, UAT, Staging, Load, and Production.
• Configure and troubleshoot runtime environments, provide development support, and incident support.
• Lead the rollout and enforcement of team and enterprise standards.
• Configure Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines.
• Experience with CI tools: Jenkins, Sonar, Maven, Nexus, Rundeck, CHEF.
• Design and implement configuration management software architecture.
• Develop tools to streamline SCM, Integration, and QA processes.
• Define and implement policies to increase software development/delivery efficiency.
• Ensure Continuous Integration and Delivery throughout SDLC.
• Maintain documentation on SCM environment and automation tools.
• Work closely with Development and Quality Engineering teams.
• Participate in agile development processes from requirements analysis to testing and reporting.

Required Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Maven, Dependency Management, and Maven Release.
• Experience with SVN, Jenkins, Sonar, JIRA, Confluence, Fisheye/Crucible.
• Experience with CI/CD rollouts throughout SDLC, including production and post-support transitions.
• Build tools experience: Maven, Java, and other languages.
• Experience with version control: Subversion, GIT (Stash).
• Scripting languages: Bash, Linux/Unix Shell.
• Database knowledge (Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB) is a plus.
• Familiarity with open-source tools and enhancement.
• Experience with automated build/deployment systems and tools like Chef.
• Knowledge of Ruby, Python, Docker is a plus.
• Linux/Unix administration and installation experience.

Note: U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. This is a full-time, permanent position. No OPT-EAD, TN Visa, or H1B consultants please.