Senior Configuration & Release Engineer - Remote

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; New Orleans (LA); Remote; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Analyst to support VA applications and migrate to the cloud. The role involves leading CM practices, building automation tools, and ensuring repeatable build/deploy processes across projects in a regulated environment.

You will train developers on CM tools, collaborate with stakeholders, and guide junior staff while maintaining high standards of software configuration management.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering complex software builds and releases across multiple environments.
• Experience in large, regulated enterprises or federal environments.
• Deep expertise in software configuration management and release engineering.
• Broad knowledge of development, QA, systems engineering, and DevOps.
• Experience with CM practices (identification, baselining, change control, status accounting).
• Experience with source control systems and branching/merging strategies.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and artifact repositories.
• Experience with scripting for automation (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Experience managing COTS software, vendor patches, and version control.
• Experience with Infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform).
• Knowledge of software quality standards, governance, and training developers on CM tools.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and spearhead migration to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tools for identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software.
• Perform CM and release tasks ensuring parameters align with hardware configurations and are logistically sustainable.
• Design, develop, automate, and maintain productivity tools to improve software modeling and development.
• Design and implement build procedures to support software product development and use.
• Develop software configuration standards for company-wide use.
• Train developers in CM tools and software quality standards.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions to complex problems.
• Operate autonomously and make sound decisions.
• Ensure compliant, repeatable build and deployment processes across projects.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and train junior analysts/engineers in CM best practices.

Skills

Configuration management

Release engineering

CM tools

CI/CD

Scripting

Git/GitLab/GitHub

DevOps

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Analyst to support VA applications and migrate to the cloud. The role involves leading CM practices, building automation tools, and ensuring repeatable build/deploy processes across projects in a regulated environment.

You will train developers on CM tools, collaborate with stakeholders, and guide junior staff while maintaining high standards of software configuration management.