The purpose of the Release Engineer role is to ramp up and develop our Continuous Integration/Delivery practices to assure an acceptable level of quality for releases. You will work closely with QA and Development to facilitate the deployment through our environments to production. You should be detail-oriented, flexible with hours (deployments can occur throughout the day). This role is assigned work of moderate to high complexity and with limited assistance from more senior team members.Job Responsibilities
Create and maintain multiple test and production environments, ensuring that these environments are properly setup, configured, and available for each project as scheduled (25% of time)
Proactively identify, recommend, and implement process and other improvements (20% of time)
Build and maintain a Continuous Integration/Deployment pipeline using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes (10% of time)
Solve operational problems with a software engineer mindset using Agile SDLC methodologies (10% of time)
Manage, deploy, and support multiple concurrent releases through various test and production environments (10% of time)
Trace complex build problems, release issues, and environment issues in a multi-component environment (10% of time)
Develop and maintain Configuration Management automation using Puppet and Ansible (10% of time)
Participate in Change Management processes and provide input to Change Control Board for approvals for all types of releases (5% of time)
Critical Skills & Experience Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent practical experience (Required)
7+ years of experience in software engineering, release engineering, and/or configuration management (Required)
4+ years of experience with source control tools (e.g., Git, SVN) (Required)
3+ years of experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible) (Required)
3+ years of experience with build automation tools (e.g., Jenkins, TravisCI, Drone, etc.) (Required)
2+ years of experience managing a team (Preferred)
1+ years of experience with AWS (Preferred)
1+ years of experience with relational databases (Preferred)
Strong Linux skills—you aren’t afraid of the command line
Experience with Docker: building images from scratch, deploying containers, etc
Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Go
A desire to automate all the things
A solid understanding of Agile SDLC methodologies and Continuous Integration/Delivery practices
Flexibility to work early shift (start time at 6:00am)
Preferably experience managing a small team and a desire to help grow and develop others
Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
ADAThe above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.EEO StatementTopgolf is a global sports and entertainment community and is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. As an affirmative action employer, Topgolf also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve.Topgolf is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.Topgolf Entertainment Group does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, employees or Human Resources. Topgolf will not pay fees for unsolicited agency resumes and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Topgolf Entertainment Group and will be processed accordingly without fee.Topgolf participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
