DevOps Engineer | Release Engineer

🚀 We’re Hiring: DevOps Engineer | Release Engineer🕒 Employment Type: Full-Time 💼 Level: Mid-Level We are looking for a skilled and automation-focused DevOps Engineer | Release Engineer to improve software delivery, deployment automation, infrastructure reliability, and release management. The ideal candidate will work closely with development, QA, security, and operations teams to build efficient CI/CD pipelines and ensure stable, reliable, and repeatable software releases. 🎯 Key Responsibilities• Design, implement, and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines for application development and deployment. • Automate build, test, deployment, and release processes across development, staging, and production environments. • Manage and improve software release processes, schedules, versioning, and deployment workflows. • Coordinate application releases with development, QA, product, infrastructure, and business teams. • Maintain source-code repositories, branching strategies, merge workflows, and release branches. • Monitor deployment pipelines and troubleshoot build, integration, and deployment failures. • Implement Infrastructure as Code to automate and standardize infrastructure provisioning. • Manage cloud infrastructure and deployment environments across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. • Develop and maintain automated scripts and tools using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell. • Configure and maintain containerized application environments using Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes. • Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions for applications and infrastructure. • Investigate production incidents, deployment failures, performance issues, and infrastructure problems. • Support rollback, recovery, and release remediation activities when deployment issues occur. • Establish deployment standards, release checklists, environment controls, and operational procedures. • Manage configuration files, environment variables, secrets, and deployment parameters securely. • Work with security teams to integrate security controls and vulnerability checks into CI/CD pipelines. • Implement automated testing and quality gates within software delivery pipelines. • Optimize build and deployment pipelines to improve release speed, reliability, and efficiency. • Maintain deployment documentation, release notes, technical procedures, and operational runbooks. • Coordinate production release windows and communicate deployment status to relevant stakeholders. • Support blue-green, rolling, canary, or other controlled deployment strategies where appropriate. • Monitor system health following releases and verify application stability and performance. • Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-release reviews. • Identify opportunities to automate repetitive operational tasks and reduce manual intervention. • Continuously evaluate DevOps tools, technologies, and best practices to improve software delivery capabilities. ✅ Requirements• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field. • Previous experience in DevOps, release engineering, build engineering, systems engineering, cloud operations, or a similar role. • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and release management processes. • Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. • Experience with tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms. • Strong knowledge of Git and modern source-control practices. • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. • Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes or other containerization technologies. • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation is an advantage. • Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages. • Understanding of Linux and Windows server environments. • Knowledge of networking, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, and common infrastructure concepts. • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or similar platforms. • Understanding of application security, secrets management, access control, and vulnerability management. • Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capabilities. • Ability to work effectively under pressure during production releases and incidents. • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple releases and priorities. • Strong understanding of automation, reliability, scalability, and deployment best practices. • DevOps, cloud, Kubernetes, or relevant professional certifications are an advantage. 🌟 What We Offer• Competitive salary and comprehensive employee benefits. • Opportunities to work with modern DevOps, cloud, automation, and deployment technologies. • Professional training in cloud engineering, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and automation. • Exposure to large-scale software delivery and production environments. • Opportunities to lead release automation and DevOps transformation initiatives. • Support for professional certifications and technical learning. • Collaborative environment with software engineers, QA specialists, security teams, and infrastructure professionals. • Opportunities to develop expertise in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and site reliability. • Career progression opportunities within DevOps, cloud engineering, release management, and platform operations. • Performance recognition and long-term career advancement opportunities.