Technical Lead Release Engineer

Company: Pyramid Consulting, Inc
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

Immediate need for a talented Technical Lead Release Engineer with experience in the Auto Industry. This is 6+Months contract opportunity and is located in Remote/Atlanta, GA. opportunity. Please review the job description below. Job ID: 20-06810 Must Haves:CI/CD experience with integration tools such as - Github, Ansible Tower or similarDrive and own the release management process across infrastructure and application deliveryTechnical/coding experience in building components from GitHub, defining workflows and pipelines through best practicesDynamic agile experience, flexible and adaptableStrong communication skills across audiences - managing up and to technical teams Job Description:As a Technical Release Manager, you are in a critical, hands-on, leadership position within the operations. The Technical Release Manager will interact closely with the software and infrastructure delivery streams, Operations, and management teams. This role is also the point person for communicating release information outside of the delivery streams. The Technical Release Manager will significantly contribute to the evolution and scale of our release process steps, minimize planned down time, and continue to deliver value to our customers as efficiently and as seamlessly as possible. The right candidate will have strong hands-on release experience in a fast-paced software or systems development environment. Job Duties and Responsibilities:-- Drive the end-to-end pipeline process - for multiple, weekly planned releases, and unplanned hotfix releases.-- Drive the end-to-end pipeline process for infrastructure, DR, and configuration deployments.-- Proactively identify technical or process improvement opportunities, and partner with delivery teams or integration stakeholders to implement them.-- Represent release priorities and align team members through rapid changes.-- Communicate plans, status, and issues within the delivery teams and to Stakeholders.-- Maintain a focus on high risk changes going out in a release, and steps taken to mitigate them.-- Continuously improve the automation release processes and strengthen the definition of release readiness. Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:-- Release Managemento Minimum 5 years in release managemento Development experience: Have worked with Java, Python, Ruby, Go, PHPo Development with ansible, puppet, or pearl script (a plus)o Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins/Hudson, Rundeck, Travis, CircleCI, etc.)o Experience with fast and agile release cycles.o Above average ability to multi-task and keep multiple threads in progress simultaneously.o Above average ability to exercise flexibility to quickly change priorities when needed.o Sufficient level of technical aptitude to effectively communicate with Engineers and draw attention to technical risks or challenges. Understand how code is built and constructed into a CI/CD pipelineo Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.o Must be willing to work evenings and weekends when needed.-- Communicationo Stellar verbal and written communication skills.o Effectively communicates within Engineering as well as with non-technical teams.o Able to adjust communication style to communicate with individual Engineers as well as C-level leaders.o Keeps calm under pressure, maintaining a disciplined approach to communication even in urgent situations.-- Leadershipo Has developed successful strategies for influencing and motivating otherso Thrives when given an opportunity to build something from scratcho Able to focus on the trees, while still considering the foresto A Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline preferred.o Experience with Agile methodologies is ideal. Education and Training:-- A Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline preferred.-- Experience with Agile methodologies is ideal. Our client is a leading Auto Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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