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Release Automation Engineer (Hybrid Schedule)

Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Description Summary:  

The Release Automation Engineer is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing automated software release pipelines to support frequent, reliable, and scalable deployments across cloud-native and hybrid environments. This role collaborates closely with software development, QA, product management, network, and infrastructure teams to coordinate release planning, improve delivery reliability, and enforce industry best practices. The ideal candidate brings a blend of DevOps expertise, strong scripting and automation skills, and the ability to lead cross-functional collaboration for end-to-end software delivery. 

Essential Duties: 

​​The duties listed below are the essential functions of this position, and they may change as the needs of the company demand. All associates are expected to do what is necessary to get the work done and to cooperate fully with their supervisor’s requests for additional or altered duties.​ 

Release Automation & Coordination

  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient, secure, and repeatable build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Collaborate with software development, QA, design, product teams, and infrastructure to align on release schedules, resource planning, and timelines.
  • Coordinate software and application releases, including major, minor, and patch deployments, ensuring quality gates are met and communication is clear.
  • Implement progressive delivery strategies such as blue/green and canary releases.
  • Maintain robust rollback and remediation strategies for failed releases.

Infrastructure & Environment Management

  • Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
  • Design and support non-production environments to ensure consistency and scalability across the SDLC.
  • Develop and promote standards and documentation for environment provisioning and configuration management.

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, & Support

  • Implement logging and monitoring around the release process and production environments.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve deployment-related issues with a root-cause focus.
  • Provide tools and support for engineering teams releasing code frequently, possibly multiple times per day.

Compliance, Documentation, & Process Optimization

  • Ensure release processes comply with internal standards and external regulations as applicable.
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation around versioning, tagging, governance, and change control.
  • Continuously analyze the release process for inefficiencies and drive improvements through automation and tooling.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Communication

  • Foster collaboration across development, QA, design, product, and infrastructure teams.
  • Communicate clearly with stakeholders about release timelines, delays, risks, and outcomes.
  • Promote DevOps practices across teams and mentor team members on tooling and best practices.

Networking & Systems Integration (Optional/Hybrid Environments)

  • Support network design and implementation for application deployments.
  • Collaborate on network security measures and incident response planning.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize performance in virtualized and containerized environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).

Education/Training/Experience:  

  • 5–10 years in DevOps, Release Engineering, or related fields.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.
  • Willingness and availability to support scheduled after-hours release deployments as part of a rotating or on-call schedule.
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps).
  • Strong scripting experience (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell).
  • Solid knowledge of Git-based workflows and branching strategies.
  • Deep experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Infrastructure automation expertise (Terraform, Helm, Ansible).
  • Proven ability to work in agile software teams and manage parallel release streams.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Familiarity with both Windows and Linux OS environments.
  • Familiarity with DORA metrics and release KPIs is a plus.
  • Experience with microservice architectures and cloud platforms (especially Azure).
  • Exposure to compliance-heavy or highly regulated enterprise environments.
  • Knowledge of hybrid networking and infrastructure (on-prem/cloud).
  • Experience with network monitoring, firewall configurations, and IPS tools.

Physical Requirements: 

  • Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods. 
  • Ability to perform work on a computer for extended periods.  
  • Ability to work in the office regularly, or pivot to working at home should emergency situations arise.  
  • Ability to attend work per assigned schedule and attend meetings with excellent attendance and punctuality. 
  • Ability to bend and lift up to 25 lbs.  

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