Epitec
POSITION:
Release Engineer
JOB TYPE:
W2, 1 year ongoing contract
LOCATION:
Chicago, IL
JOB SUMMARY FOR RELEASE ENGINEER:
- We are seeking a Release Engineer to join our leading client's team.
- The primary purpose of the role is to monitor and co-ordinate the build and release cycle of modern cloud-based customer facing web application by collaborating with Scrum Teams, QA, Product and Business stakeholders.
- You will be part of a fast-moving global team to build a best-in-class product for dealers worldwide to improve operational efficiency and reduce TCO.
- Position is required to be remote hybrid in Chicago - onsite about one day a week. Onsite time may increase.
- Pay Range: $83- $90/hour
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RELEASE ENGINEER:
- As a Release Engineer/Co-Ordinator, you will be responsible for monitoring CI/CD pipelines for smooth and successful builds and develop the UAT and production release plans.
- You will also be coordinating with important stakeholders such as QA, Infrastructure, Product and Business managers to resolve build problems, determine the release feature set and gathering of release documentation.
- Successful candidate also will perform DevOps role as secondary role.
- As a DevOps role successful candidate will demonstrate competency with the following AWS services: ECS, EC2, EBS, S3, Glacier, RDS, VPC, Route53, ELB, IAM, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, SQS, SES, Lambda.
- Proficient in Python programming language and tech stacks
- Position is required to be remote hybrid in Chicago - onsite about one day a week.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE FOR RELEASE ENGINEER:
- Degree with 10+ years experience
- Master degree with 8+ years experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer science
- 5+ years of IT release or delivery management.
- 3+ experience with CICD pipelines, GIT and DevOps tools and technologies
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills Top candidates will also have:
- Experience in/with the following: o Azure DevOps o Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum) with multiple other teams as a Scrum Master or Program Manager or Project Co-Ordinator
- Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following, o AWS Cloud, automated CICD and BDD with Cucumber.
- Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
- Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
Why should you choose Epitec?
We started Epitec with a single focus, “Placing People First.” Knowing every good endeavor begins with listening and understanding, we’ve set about challenging every part of the employment process. Bringing the proper connections together for the perfect fit.
How is Epitec different?
Epitec gets to know our prospective employees, using these insights to locate the perfect placement for you. We are there, every step of the way. Providing a best-in-class compensation package combined with the opportunity to grow financially and personally through your work.
What is the result?
Epitec represents the world’s top companies and works to fill their open jobs with the world’s best talent. That’s led to Epitec servicing an impressive list of Fortune 100 companies. We've also won many awards, including one of Crain’s Detroit Business “Cool Places to Work,” and 101 Best & Brightest – local, national and elite winner. And that’s just the beginning, as we work to innovate the way the world thinks about employment.