Release & Deployment Engineer

Job Title: Release & Deployment Engineer

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Full Time

Job Description

Release & Deployment Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 8+ years of experience in Release Management, Dev Ops, Deployment Engineering, or Production Support.
• Strong experience with Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git, Git Hub, or Git Lab.
• 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 Power Shell, 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 Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git Hub 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, Dev Ops, Deployment Engineering, or Production Support.
• Strong experience with Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git, Git Hub, or Git Lab.
• 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 Power Shell, 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, App Dynamics, or Azure Monitor.
• Familiarity with Service Now and release governance processes.
• Knowledge of security, compliance, and disaster recovery processes.

Key Technologies

Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins, Git, Service Now, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Power Shell, Python, YAML, SQL, Sonar Qube, 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

Dev Ops Engineer Senior Email Security Engineer