Release Engineer
Best Buy Company
Contract Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States Posted 4 months ago
About Position
Release Engineer (Contract)
$75.00 / Hourly
Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States
Release Engineer
Contract Minneapolis , Minnesota, United States Posted 4 months ago
Skills
• This engineer will help develop and deliver release plans within GitHub actions that work across platforms. • They will actively review support and develop new plans for release cycles. • They will need to assist customers with their questions requests and issues. • They will excel at troubleshooting and resolving functional issues in the code. • A good candidate will be skilled at breaking large problems into smaller ones and defining acceptance criteria. • Persistent in the face of roadblocks this candidate dispatches issues efficiently and pulls in others as necessary. • This individual understands the architecture around the core systems they are responsible for. • This engineer will require minimal direction and/or oversight on the work that is assigned. • They should be an active participant in team and project planning activities. • Able to triage complex issues independently the right candidate is confident in various environments.Description
The Cloud and Platform team provides infrastructure for application teams to be able to run their applications in different environments. We are have a number of underlying including AWS cloud, Azure Cloud, and Data Center.
Project Description: The Infrastructure Orchestration & Pipeline team provides product engineering services for IaaS integrated with application available in Artifactory. The team provides solutions across the other infrastructure teams to enable self-service deployments for software application developers.
Responsibilities
- 1. Release Management:
- Collaborate with development teams to manage the end-to-end release process.
- Utilize GitHub Actions to automate and streamline software deployments.
- Create and maintain workflows for continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
- 2. GitHub Actions Configuration:
- Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Define workflows, triggers, and environment variables.
- Integrate with version control systems (e.g., Git) and other tools.
- 3. Artifact Management:
- Manage artifacts generated during the build process.
- Configure artifact uploads to GitHub releases.
- Ensure proper versioning and tagging.
- 4. Documentation and Communication:
- Document release processes, workflows, and best practices.
- Communicate release schedules, status, and changes to stakeholders.
- Facilitate cross-functional communication between development, QA, and operations teams.
- 5. Troubleshooting and Support:
- Investigate and resolve issues related to deployments.
- Debug failures in GitHub Actions workflows.
- Provide support during critical releases.
Educational Requirements
- o 4 to 7 years of experience in software release engineering.
- o Proficiency in configuring and managing GitHub Actions workflows.
- • Technical Skills:
- o Strong knowledge of CI/CD concepts and tools.
- o Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python).
- o Experience with version control systems (Git, GitHub).
- o Understanding of containerization (Docker) and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
- • Collaboration and Communication:
- o Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- o Excellent communication skills for documenting processes and interacting with stakeholders.
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