Azure DevOps Lead Technical Consultant

Senior DevOps / Release Automation Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps / Release Automation Engineer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD platforms, deployment automation frameworks, and release orchestration solutions. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who has built automation using Python, Jenkins, Ansible, JFrog Artifactory, and Git-based workflows in highly regulated environments with formal release governance. This is not a cloud infrastructure engineering role focused primarily on Terraform, networking, VPCs, or infrastructure provisioning. The primary focus is release automation, software delivery lifecycle management, artifact promotion, and deployment platform engineering.

Key Responsibilities

CI/CD Pipeline Engineering

• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, or equivalent platforms.
• Create pipeline-as-code solutions with conditional logic based on Git branches, tags, release types, and deployment targets.
• Implement reusable deployment workflows that support multiple application teams.

Release Automation

• Design and maintain automated release processes across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments.
• Implement approval gates, artifact promotion workflows, and deployment controls.
• Standardize deployments across multiple applications and business units.

Ansible Automation

• Develop Ansible playbooks from scratch.
• Design reusable Ansible roles and Jinja2 templates.
• Manage environment-specific configurations and inventory structures.
• Develop Ansible Tower/AWX workflows, surveys, and role-based deployment processes.

Python Development

Develop Python automation solutions for:

• File processing
• YAML/JSON/XML parsing
• Regex-based routing logic
• Command execution using subprocess
• Release orchestration
• Build automation
• Configuration management

Artifact Management

• Administer JFrog Artifactory repositories.
• Implement artifact publishing and promotion workflows.
• Design environment-specific artifact lifecycle management.

Source Control Management

Manage Git workflows including:

• Branching strategies
• Cherry-picking
• Merge conflict resolution
• Release branching
• Tag management
• Git LFS

Database Release Management

• Build and maintain Liquibase-based database deployment pipelines.
• Create changelogs, changesets, rollback strategies, and context-based deployments.

Enterprise Governance

• Work within regulated release management frameworks.
• Support change approvals and CAB processes.
• Ensure auditability, traceability, and compliance requirements are met.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, or Release Automation experience.
• Advanced Python scripting experience.
• Strong Jenkins Pipeline (Jenkinsfile/Groovy) development experience.
• Strong Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX experience.
• Hands-on JFrog Artifactory experience.
• Strong Git expertise beyond basic source control usage.
• Experience with Liquibase or comparable database release tooling.
• Experience supporting enterprise SDLC and release governance processes.
• Experience building automation solutions for consumption by multiple engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Payments domain experience

• ACI
• Volante
• FIS
• Fedwire
• CHIPS
• SWIFT
• ISO 20022

Financial services experience

• Wells Fargo

• JPMorgan Chase

• Bank of America

• Citi

• Capital One

• Experience in highly regulated enterprise environments.