Job Description
Configuration Specialist and Build Administrator will serve as a contract resource in a staff augmentation capacity. The specialist will be responsible for managing and enhancing Application Build and Release processes, including implementing automation to support continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for testing activities aligned with organizational goals and mission. This position has responsibilities for all phases of the Application Build process for enterprise applications.
Position Summary
- Manage source code control processes, including defining and enforcing standards, software baselining and versioning, and performing problem analysis, resolution, reporting, and tracking. Build automation is a core requirement of this position.
- Serve as the technical advisor and primary liaison when engaging with vendors and their technical teams.
- Act as the technical expert on performance-related issues for all systems utilizing Build Automation, Configuration Management, and Version Management tools.
- Deploy new releases of application build, configuration, and version management software.
- Provide guidance and recommendations to systems development staff on project administration and project management for applications leveraging Build Automation, Configuration Management, and Version Management products.
- Design and script automation workflows to support efficient and reliable build and release operations.
- Monitor and optimize build pipeline performance to reduce build times, increase reliability, and improve developer productivity.
- Conduct root-cause analysis on build and deployment failures, implementing preventative measures and long-term corrective actions.
Required Skills
- 10+ years of experience being primarily responsible for higher-environment build automation, auditing, and administration of software configuration and version-management processes.
- 10+ years of experience researching, evaluating, and recommending application software products related to configuration and version-management processes.
- 10+ years of experience deploying new releases of application, configuration, and version-management software.
- 10+ years of experience providing guidance and recommendations to systems development staff regarding project administration and project management for applications using Build Automation, Configuration Management, and Version Management tools.
Most Preferred Skills
- Previous experience working with government or public-sector organizations.
- Experience enhancing automated build processes for large-scale enterprise applications.
Other Desired Skills
- Create and update process documentation for application build and deployment processes.
- Perform build and deployment activities across multiple environments, including modifying tasks and variables at both build and deployment stages to support progression through established processes.
- Serve as an Azure DevOps Administrator for application builds and deployments, including creating and managing new branches for each development stage within Release and Sandbox environments.
- Assess Azure DevOps and build-process issues to determine what can be resolved internally and what requires external support, recognizing that many processes involve servers with limited access while others provide sufficient access for maintenance and problem resolution.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as ClearCase, ClearQuest, Git/Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.
- Experience with build automation tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Ant.
- Experience with version control tools such as Git and Bitbucket.
- Experience with issue/work tracking systems such as Jira and Azure DevOps Boards.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Perl, Shell, and Python.
Job Tags
Contract work