Job Purpose

Senior Engineer, Release Engineering will be responsible for ICE’s overall CI/CD strategy. This role is a combination of hands-on and strategic vision around build and deployment working closely with key stakeholders across the company. A successful candidate will understand the complete software/dev lifecycle and have a track record on developing complete release engineering solutions that will have a high impact and reach across the entire organization.  

Responsibilities

• Partner with development, engineering, and operations teams to collect technical requirements and turn those into deliverables to help build a complete CI/CD strategy. 
• Enhance Developer Experience by simplifying existing Build and Code Promotion processes.
• Review existing ICE tools and processes, identify gaps, and identify areas for improvement. 
• Integrate and configure software components within build and deployment pipelines across bare‑metal, virtualized, and containerized Windows/Linux environments.
• Develop reusable templates, modules for CI/CD and create re-useable interfaces for consumers. 
• Implement and maintain configuration‑management patterns and ensure consistency across environments. 
• Follow market trends and DevOps movements and apply models of continuous improvement. 
• Develop clear technical specifications and implement CI/CD components—including pipelines, templates, automation scripts, and deployment workflows—to support reliable and scalable build and release processes.
• Work closely with engineering teams by sharing clear documentation, technical insights, and guidance to support build, release, and deployment processes. 
• Collaborate on Kubernetes-based build & deployment strategies and orchestration models to support scalable and resilient application delivery.

Knowledge and Experience 

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years’ experience with CI/CD toolchains including expert level knowledge of one or many standard tools including, but not limited to, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Ecosystem, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, JFrog Artifactory, Ansible, Terraform.
• Hands on experience on planning, building, and running a complete CI/CD pipeline on native/virtualized infrastructure. 
• Hands On Experience with Build and Assembly technologies like, but not limited to Gradle, Maven, Conan, MSBuild.
• Ability to leverage AI productivity tools to automate repetitive tasks and summarize information.
• Experience with Distributed and Parallel Build and Test environments.
• Solid understanding of the basic principles of DevOps, CI/CD, agile and lean philosophies.
• Experience with Code Promotion and Lifecyle management.
• Experience migrating Legacy Applications to Containerized Microservices.
• Extensive experience of providing architectural direction to project development teams.
• Experience with 1 or more Programming Languages like Python, Go Lang, Java, .NET, C++, C#, or similar.
• Proficiency in Scripting Languages, like Bash, Groovy, PowerShell. 
• Proven experience deploying and managing applications in Kubernetes environments, including Helm chart creation, namespace management, and resource optimization.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes RBAC, networking, and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience 

• Linux and/or Windows Administration Experience. 
• Hands on experience with container technologies and orchestration including, but not limited to, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Tanzu, OpenShift.
• Experience creating, testing, and using API’s. 
• Experience with Kubernetes Operators, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs), and GitOps workflows is a plus.