DevOps Engineer

Stafford Gray is looking for a senior Build & Release Engineer to manage and improve application build, release, and configuration management for a state government client. You'll own the full application build process for two large, mission-critical human services systems: a benefits eligibility system and a child welfare case management system. You'll also drive automation to support CI/CD and testing.
This role is for a veteran configuration management professional who has owned build automation and source control administration in enterprise environments, from the legacy toolchain through modern Azure DevOps.
What You'll Do
Manage source code control processes, including defining and enforcing standards, software baselining and versioning, branching strategy, and problem analysis, resolution, and tracking
Design and script automation workflows for efficient, reliable builds and releases into higher environments
Perform build and deployment activities across multiple environments, modifying tasks and variables at the build and deployment stages to move releases through established processes
Serve as Azure DevOps Administrator for one of the systems, including creating and managing branches for each development stage across Release and Sandbox environments
Monitor and optimize build pipeline performance to reduce build times, improve reliability, and increase developer productivity
Conduct root-cause analysis on build and deployment failures, and put preventive and long-term corrective measures in place
Assess build-process issues to decide what can be resolved internally and what needs escalation, working across servers with varying levels of access
Deploy new releases of build automation, configuration management, and version management software
Serve as technical advisor and primary liaison with vendor development teams
Advise development staff on project administration for applications that use build, configuration, and version management tools
Create and maintain build process documentation
Requirements
Required Experience
10+ years of primary responsibility for higher-environment build automation, auditing, and administration of software configuration and version management processes
10+ years researching, evaluating, and recommending configuration and version management software
10+ years deploying new releases of application, configuration, and version management software
10+ years advising development teams on project administration for applications using build automation and configuration/version management tools
Tools & Technologies
Configuration management: ClearCase, ClearQuest, Git/Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps
Build automation: Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Ant
Version control: Git, Bitbucket
Work tracking: Jira, ADO Boards
Scripting: Perl, Shell, Python
Preferred
Public sector experience, especially with state human services systems (benefits eligibility, SACWIS/CCWIS child welfare, Medicaid)
Experience improving automated build processes for large legacy enterprise applications

Work arrangement
No