What are the responsibilities and job description for the Release Engineer position at Galent?
Job Title: Release Engineer
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)
Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)
Job Summary
- The Release Engineer is responsible for the deployment, release, and maintenance of cloud-based applications and services across platforms such as Azure and AWS.
- This role ensures smooth transitions of code from development to production while maintaining system integrity, security compliance, and performance optimization.
- Collaborates with software developers, systems architects, infrastructure teams, and security teams to deliver reliable and scalable cloud solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- CI/CD Pipeline Management
- Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines with security and quality gates.
- Optimize pipeline performance and automate repetitive tasks.
- Monitor pipeline health and proactively identify issues using observability tools.
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Provision, configure, and manage cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
- Implement blue-green or canary deployments for critical applications.
- Ensure infrastructure consistency and prevent environment drift.
- Release Execution & Governance
- Lead and execute release engineering activities for cloud services while ensuring compliance with security policies and regulations.
- Act as a gatekeeper in the infrastructure and application lifecycle, ensuring code integrity and quality.
- Maintain release documentation and versioning practices.
- Collaboration & Communication
- Work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure smooth releases.
- Communicate release status, issues, and improvements to stakeholders.
- Mentorship & Strategic Leadership
- Mentor junior engineers and support global cloud architecture initiatives.
- Propose and implement innovative solutions to improve release processes.
Required Skills
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Azure Cloud Architecture
- Performance Monitoring - Cloud Native (AWS CloudWatch, Azure Cloud Monitor) - Testing
- Terraform
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and CI/CD processes
- Proficiency in Git workflows and programming concepts
- Experience with Azure Virtual Desktop
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Preferred Skills
- Blue-green deployment strategies
- Canary deployment methodologies
- Observability and monitoring tools
- Infrastructure as Code best practices
Qualifications
- 2 years of cloud deployment experience.
- 2 years of experience managing releases and optimizing pipelines with a high degree of autonomy.
- 5 years of experience leading release engineering and cloud infrastructure initiatives.
- Required Certification: AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate or AWS equivalent.
- Recommended Certifications: AZ-900, AZ-204, HashiCorp Terraform Associate.
- Demonstrated ability to support automation, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives in cloud environments.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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