Release Engineer: CI/CD & Deployment Automation

Slideinsurance; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Award-winning culture

Job summary

Slide Insurance, based in Tampa, seeks a Release Engineer to power reliable software delivery across platforms. You’ll automate deployments, support CI/CD, and ensure secure releases from development to production.

The role collaborates with Development, QA, Infra, and Security, driving improvements in deployment processes, tooling, and governance. A strong SDLC background and scripting skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 2+ years of release engineering or CI/CD pipeline experience.
• 1+ year of experience with Microsoft Azure and release automation, source control, or work management tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jira.
• 2+ years of experience in Property & Casualty insurance or a regulated environment preferred.
• Certification in Release Engineering/DevOps is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, CI/CD pipelines, version control, testing, artifact management, release processes, deployment, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, maintain, and enhance automated build, integration, release, and deployment processes across nonproduction and production environments.
• Execute approved software deployments, validate results, troubleshoot failures, and document release outcomes.
• Manage software versions, release branches, build packages, artifact repositories, environment configurations, and deployment traceability.
• Maintain deployment scripts, pipeline templates, configuration files, and automation to support consistent and repeatable software delivery.
• Configure and support CI/CD pipelines integrating source control, automated builds, testing, security checks, approvals, artifact management, and deployments.
• Monitor build and deployment performance, identify recurring issues, and implement improvements for reliability and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot build, configuration, integration, and deployment failures, including rollback and recovery activities.
• Implement and maintain release controls supporting security, audit, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Partner with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Operations, and Security teams to resolve dependencies and environment constraints.
• Communicate deployment status, risks, incidents, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain runbooks, deployment procedures, release notes, troubleshooting guides, and recovery instructions.
• Drive process improvements to enhance deployment consistency, scalability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Release engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Automation scripting

Cloud technologies

Collaboration

Documentation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Jira

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

Slide Insurance, based in Tampa, seeks a Release Engineer to power reliable software delivery across platforms. You’ll automate deployments, support CI/CD, and ensure secure releases from development to production.

The role collaborates with Development, QA, Infra, and Security, driving improvements in deployment processes, tooling, and governance. A strong SDLC background and scripting skills are essential for success.