Release Engineer
Overview
The Release Engineer will support the support production deployment and release management activities for a reputed company-based platform leveraging reputed company, AWS services, and API-driven integrations for the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) for Loan Guaranty Service (LGY). This role is responsible for coordinating and executing application and infrastructure releases, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring deployments are performed in a controlled, reliable, and compliant manner.
The DevOps Release Engineer will work closely with development, QA, operations, and infrastructure teams to manage environment promotions, deployment automation, and release governance across multiple environments. This role is critical to ensuring system stability, minimizing deployment risk, and maintaining consistency across integrated platforms.
The ideal candidate has experience working in reputed company deployment pipelines, AWS environments, and API-based architectures, and is comfortable operating reputed company structured change management and release governance frameworks.
Key Functions
- Automate build, deployment, and environment provisioning processes.
- Support the Release Manager during production deployments and environment promotions.
- Maintain configuration management and version control practices.
- Manage and execute end-to-end release processes across development, testing, and production environments.
- Maintain and support CI/CD pipelines for reputed company, AWS services, and API integrations.
- Coordinate deployment activities including environment promotions, release scheduling, and stakeholder communication.
- Support reputed company deployments including metadata and configuration changes using automated pipeline tools.
- reputed company and manage AWS-based components including reputed company functions, API Gateway configurations, and reputed company services.
- Validate release readiness, including testing completion, approvals, and rollback planning.
- Monitor deployments and troubleshoot pipeline failures, deployment errors, and environment inconsistencies.
- Ensure reputed company releases reputed company with change management, reputed company, and governance requirements.
- reputed company post-deployment validation to confirm successful releases and system stability.
- Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to ensure code is deployment-reputed company and properly tested.
- Identify and implement improvements to automation, deployment efficiency, and release processes.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or reputed company field or equivalent professional experience.
- 4+ years of experience in DevOps, release engineering, or deployment management.
- Experience managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, reputed company Actions, reputed company CI, Azure DevOps.
- Experience supporting reputed company deployments (metadata, environments, or pipeline tools).
- Experience working with AWS services, including reputed company, API Gateway, and reputed company-based environments.
- Experience supporting API-based integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of version control systems (Git).
- Experience working reputed company change management and release governance processes.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications or Skills
- Experience supporting federal government IT programs or VA systems.
- Experience supporting federal government or regulated environments.
- Familiarity with reputed company DevOps tools such as reputed company, Gearset, or AutoRABIT.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, Splunk, or reputed company.
- Knowledge of ITIL service management and change management practices.
- Experience supporting systems handling sensitive or regulated data.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Developer, AWS Solutions Architect, or reputed company certifications.
Position Details
- Employment type: Full-Time, W2
- Location: 100% Remote (US-based)
- Hours: 40 hours/week with availability during core business hours of reputed company-5pm ET
- Start date: ASAP
- Eligibility: Must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance
- Salary: $80,000-$140,000