Release and Configuration Management Engineer

Our super high-visibility client is looking for a bright, passionate and dedicated Build and Release Engineer to join the expanding Product Development team in Austin, TX. In this role you will work closely with Infrastructure Provisioning, Application Development and Operations teams to provide fully automated build and deployment routines for Development, Staging, and Production environments. This is an exciting time for the Build and Release team as they implement automation towards the goal of Continuous Delivery.

YOU WILL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO:

- Work directly with agile Application Development to provide daily support aligned with a model of Continuous Delivery.
- Promote a Dev Ops culture through building relationships with Development and Operations and driving enhancements to the end-to-end release process (Workstation to production).
- Define and evolve Build and Release best practice by working within your own team and educating the other stakeholder teams. These best practices should support traceability and auditability of change.
- Administer various tools supporting SCM and Release Mgmt including Source Control, Continuous Integration, Artifact Management and Change Management.

STRONG KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF WORKING WITH THE FOLLOWING:

- Source Control Tools such as Accurev, GIT and Clearcase
- Build Automation tools such as Maven or Ant (for Java Applications)
- Continuous Delivery Approach
- IBM Buildforge or equivalent
- Linux/UNIX system administration
- Continuous Integration (CI) tools such as Bamboo, AHP & Jenkins
- Scripting language such as Perl, bash or Python
- Orchestration tools such as Puppet or Chef
- Configuration Tokenization Tools/Solutions
- Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
- Enterprise High Availability Platforms
- Administration of Application Servers such as tcServer/Tomcat, JBoss & WebSphere (and Deployment Manager)
- Jira Change Management tool or equivalent
- Troubleshooting environment related issues
- ITIL/ITSM Standards for Configuration Management

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING:

- 4+ years of experience in Release and Configuration management roles
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Very good attention to detail, someone who takes ownership and pride in all work
- Strong analytical and organizational skills
- Ability to work independently, as well as with a team
- Understanding of the software development life cycle
- Previous experience as a programmer is desirable
- Must be able to occasionally work off-hours to support production releases