Build and Release Engineer IV

The Standard

(Portland, Oregon)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About The Standard
The Standard is a marketing name for StanCorp Financial Group, INC. and its subsidiaries. Insurance products are offered by Standard Insurance Company of Portland, Ore. in all states except New York, where insurance products are offered by The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York of White Planes, N.Y. Product features and availability by state and company, and are solely the responsibility of each subsidiary.
Summary
The Build and Release Engineer works closely with architecture, engineering and service providers to establish build and release management frameworks for application environments in support of the business. He/she collaborates with other technical leads on the implementation of devops principles in support of iterative delivery of solutions. Engineer will develop automated build and release processes, templates and oversees their implementation across application enviornments. He/She will assist with lifecycle management and troubleshooting of build, release tools and software. Engineer will strive to continuously improve build, release/deployment processes to improve cycle time of delivery of applications.
Responsibilities
* Develop automation scripts, templates, processes and framework to support build, release, deployment and provisioning of applications in non-prod and production environments. Provide technical direction to service provider teams for implementation and ongoing support of build, release and deployment of applications in non-prod and production environments. Responsible for ongoing upkeep, refresh and maintenance of non-prod environments using a DevOps services framework. Work with release engineers and development teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges. * Lead and co-ordinate the release management and deployment activities including the execution of automated deployment plans and checklists. Coordinate release content and effort based on maintenance, enhancements, project requests, third party applications, or infrastructure updates. Oversee maintenance of a release repository and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists. * Establish and install an automated tool framework for all non-prod environments. Collaborated closely with infrastructure, service providers to secure relevant computing resources and system access in compliance with information security processes and procedures. Assist with troubleshooting, configuration and other tool related processes and procedures. Lead roadmap and lifecycle maintenance of software and tools. * Research new technologies, software, tools and methodologies to continuously improve delivery support services. Work with Application teams and business to negotiate and plan release activities.
Ideal Candidate
**Education:** * Graduate degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline is required. **Experience:** * 8-10 years of experience in IT operations DevOps, infrastructure or applications environment. * 5+ years of hands on technical experience with DevTest and DevOps processes and automation tools. Strong knowledge of Agile, LEAN and other similar iterative delivery frameworks. * 2-6 years of release engineering, build engineering and deployment coordination experience. * Experience working in an outsourced environment where service providers are providing development, maintenance and infrastructure services. **Technical Experience:** * 3-5 years configuration/build/release/deploy experience with GitHub, TFS, Jenkins, Maven, XL Release/Deploy, Chef/Puppet or similar tools. * 3-5 years of experience with programming and scripting tools like Powershell, .Net, Perl, Javascript, JSON, Ruby, Python, PHP, Make, Rake and other similar tools. * Experience with Jira for planning, tracking and release management. **Other Requires Skills:** * Excellent facilitation, mentoring and coaching skills. Solid oral, written, presentation, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills. * Experience in AGILE or LEAN working environment. * Demonstrated experience with executive level communications at multiple levels across the company. **Professional certification required:** * Agile and/or Lean certifications are a plus. DevOps and ITIL training is highly desired.

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