Role -Release & Deployment Engineer
Location - Phoenix, AZ (onsite)
Job type- Full Time Employment
Job description Below
Release & Deployment Engineer
Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- 8+ years of experience in Release Management, DevOps, Deployment Engineering, or Production Support.
- Strong experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, or GitLab.
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.
- Knowledge of change management and ITIL processes.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Shell scripting.
- Understanding of application deployment architectures and environment management.
- Experience in troubleshooting deployment failures and production incidents.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
We are seeking a highly skilled Release & Deployment Engineer to manage and support software releases across development, test, staging, and production environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for deployment planning, release execution, CI/CD automation, environment management, change control, and production support while ensuring high availability, reliability, and minimal business disruption.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate application releases across multiple environments.
- Manage end-to-end deployment activities, including release packaging, implementation, validation, and rollback procedures.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
- Collaborate with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams to ensure successful release execution.
- Support change management processes, CAB approvals, deployment readiness reviews, and release documentation.
- Perform production validation, smoke testing, post-deployment monitoring, and incident triage.
- Maintain release calendars, deployment schedules, and release metrics.
- Automate deployment, configuration, and operational tasks using scripting technologies.
- Manage environment readiness, configuration consistency, and dependency coordination.
- Support root cause analysis, problem management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Create and maintain operational runbooks, deployment guides, knowledge articles, and release procedures.
- Ensure compliance with security, audit, and governance requirements.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Release Management, DevOps, Deployment Engineering, or Production Support.
- Strong experience with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, or GitLab.
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.
- Knowledge of change management and ITIL processes.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Strong scripting skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Shell scripting.
- Understanding of application deployment architectures and environment mana gement.
- Experience in troubleshooting deployment failures and production incidents.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Preferred Skills
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, ELK, AppDynamics, or Azure Monitor.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow and release governance processes.
- Banking or Financial Services domain experience.
- Knowledge of security, compliance, and disaster recovery processes.
Key Technologies
Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, ServiceNow, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, PowerShell, Python, YAML, SQL, SonarQube, Nexus, Artifactory, Datadog, Splunk
Nice-to-Have Banking Experience
Release and deployment support for digital banking, payments, lending, customer onboarding, or core banking applications.
Experience