GEDU Global Education | DevOps Engineer | Release Management

Job Title : DevOps Engineer

Position Summary

We are seeking highly accomplished DevOps Engineer who can be the part of the GEDU IT Engineering Team at GEDU Noida.

The person should preferably have worked as a DevOps Engineer in any Software Product development organization.

Duties And Responsibilities
• Overseeing the entire software release process, making sure that everything runs smoothly and on schedule.
• Collaborating with development and operations teams to ensure seamless integration between both groups, fostering better communication and cooperation.
• Planning and coordinating software releases, including setting release dates, tracking progress, and resolving any issues that may arise.
• Implementing and maintaining release management tools and processes to automate and streamline release activities.
• Ensuring that proper testing and quality assurance procedures are followed to minimize risks and ensure a high-quality end product.
• Monitoring and managing software deployment, including troubleshooting, and resolving any issues that may arise during the rollout.
• Training and supporting team members in the use of release management tools and best practices, helping to build their knowledge and expertise.
• Continuously evaluating and improving release management processes to stay current with industry trends and best practices.
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders about release plans, schedules, and any changes or issues that may impact the release.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant industry standards and organizational policies in the release management process.

Required Skills And Qualifications
• Automating the devops pipelines using ARM/ BICEP templates.
• Background in software development or systems administration.
• Hands on experience with DevOps tools like Azure Pipelines and Jenkins etc., cloud platforms, and automation software is crucial.
• Experience in managing release on Dev, QA, Staging, UAT, Pre-Prod, Prod and Disaster recovery environments.
• Creating Policy setup environments.
• Experience of working on using Code Branching and Merging Strategies.
• Experience of setting up communication protocol for updating stakeholders on release update etc.
• Prior experience of working with distributed agile scrum teams.
• Prior experience of handling release management, rollback and disaster recovery plans and having appropriate measures.
• Prior experience working with global clients.

Nice To Have Skills And Qualifications
• Prior experience of working in a start-up culture.
• Prior experience of working in Agile SAFe and PI Planning.
• Prior experience of working in Ed-Tech/E-Learning companies.
• Agile Scrum and Agile SAFe certification
• Prior experience of preparing the Release Calendar for difference releases after communication with stakeholders
• Experience in creating release dashboards in Atlassian JIRA/Confluence or other Wikis.
• Working on Knowledge of Terraform.
• Working knowledge of Deploying Cloud Native Applications.
• Preparation of release management plan and creating workflows in tools like JIRA/Atlassian for approval processes etc.

Experience : 5-7 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer and Release Management Professional.

Educational Qualification(s) : BE/B.Tech/MCA/M.Tech or equivalent with relevant experience.