Senior Build & Release Engineer — Azure DevOps & CI/CD

The Stafford Gray Group; Town of Lansing (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Stafford Gray Group is seeking a Senior Build & Release Engineer to manage and improve the build, release, and configuration management for a state government client in New York. You will own the full build process for two critical human services systems and drive automation for CI/CD and testing.

You will lead enterprise build automation, manage source control, and administer Azure DevOps across multiple environments, collaborating with vendor teams and development staff to optimize

Qualifications

• 10+ years of primary responsibility for higher-environment build automation and configuration/version management
• 10+ years researching, evaluating, and recommending configuration and version management software
• 10+ years deploying new releases of application, configuration, and version management software
• 10+ years advising development teams on project administration for applications using build automation and configuration/version management tools

Responsibilities

• Manage source code control processes, including standards, baselining, versioning, branching, and issue tracking
• Design and script automation workflows for efficient builds and releases across environments
• Perform build and deployment activities, adjusting tasks and variables to move releases through processes
• Serve as Azure DevOps Administrator for one system across Release and Sandbox environments
• Monitor and optimize build pipeline performance to reduce times and boost productivity
• Conduct root-cause analysis on build/deployment failures and implement preventive measures
• Assess build-process issues to determine internal resolution vs escalation
• Deploy new releases of build automation, configuration, and version management software
• Serve as technical advisor and liaison with vendor development teams
• Advise development staff on project administration for build tools and document processes

Skills

Build automation leadership

Configuration management

Release engineering

Vendor liaison

Tools

ClearCase

ClearQuest

Git/Bitbucket

Bamboo

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Perl

Shell

Python

Jira

ADO Boards

Job description

The Stafford Gray Group is seeking a Senior Build & Release Engineer to manage and improve the build, release, and configuration management for a state government client in New York. You will own the full build process for two critical human services systems and drive automation for CI/CD and testing.

You will lead enterprise build automation, manage source control, and administer Azure DevOps across multiple environments, collaborating with vendor teams and development staff to optimize