DevOps Software Release Engineer

Location: Phoenix
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

Contract to Hire position, hybrid role, Phoenix, AZ candidates only Are you a highly motivated, self-driven DevOps professional passionate about streamlining software delivery and working with modern tools and practices? We are seeking a Senior DevOps / Software Release Engineer to join our Technology Services Division. This is a pivotal role focused on designing, implementing, and continuously improving our continuous integration pipelines, release processes, and internal tooling. It’s an exciting opportunity to advocate for DevOps best practices while making a measurable impact on deployment frequency, operational efficiency, and lead time for changes. In this role, you’ll design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes. Expert-level experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions is required, along with strong skills in Jenkins for continuous integration builds. You’ll lead all software release activities, from code commits to artifact deployment in UAT and production environments, while configuring automated deployment strategies across development, UAT, and production. Setting up and managing application health monitoring, alerting, and logging systems will be part of your daily routine, along with analyzing logs and metrics to quickly identify and resolve issues. The Senior DevOps Engineer will work closely with application development, infrastructure, and QA teams to maintain secure, stable, and efficient systems. You’ll actively participate in technical envisioning, design sessions, and project delivery efforts while advocating for continuous improvement initiatives. This role will also be responsible for producing release status reports for leadership, working with source code management systems like Bitbucket and GitHub, and troubleshooting complex issues with a proactive, problem-solving mindset. Experience in Agile/Scrum environments is expected. Required technical expertise includes hands-on experience with Source code management tools (Bitbucket, GitHub) Java build tools (Maven, Gradle) Linux and Windows operating systems scripting languages (PowerShell, Bash) Java or similar programming languages CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and the Atlassian ecosystem (Jira, Confluence) Familiarity with Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, or similar container-based architectures is a plus

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