Release Engineer

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more
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The Release Engineer role is pivotal in ensuring seamless software
releases and optimizing deployment processes for internal and external
environments. Job focus is operational deployment and patch management
in addition to various short-term projects to enhance and simplify
deployment tools and systems.

Essential Job Duties

– Production and Test Releases: Plan, manage, and execute both
production and test releases to ensure smooth deployment and minimal
downtime. Test, Deploy, and document application patches for
customer environments. Facilitate release technical bridges with
internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful deployment
of software into production. Troubleshoot deployment issues on
internal and external environments.
– Docker Configuration: Configure, calibrate, and deploy through
Docker technologies for application containerization, to deploy
across development, testing, and production stages.
– Pipeline Management: Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines in Azure
DevOps to streamline internal software delivery processes.
– Deployment Optimizations: Identify and implement strategies to
optimize deployment processes including designing and implementing
automated deployment processes.
– Version Management: Manage versions of software in the field,
ensuring timely updates and consistency across environments.
– Azure Deployments: Manage and optimize deployments on Microsoft
Azure, considering application reliability, scalability, and cost.
– Scripting: Develop and maintain scripts for CI/CD processes,
application deployments, monitoring, data extracts, and other
internal/external processes.
– Physical & Virtual Server Setup: Conduct initial server setups
through evaluating and recommending server specifications to meet
operational needs, operating system configuration, account creation,
and application installation.
– Wildcard Certificate Management: Handle the procurement,
installation, and management of wildcard certificates across
environments.
– Server Migrations and Upgrades: Plan and execute server migrations
and database upgrades on customer environments. Collaborate with
customers during deployments to ensure their requirements and
expectations are met. Work with DBAs to execute automated SQL
database restores and miscellaneous scripts, as needed.