Senior Release Engineer

N-iX is looking for Release Engineer to join our Release Management team. You will play a critical role in the software development lifecycle, responsible for validating, promoting, deploying, and actively monitoring releases across multiple environments. This role requires hands-on experience with DevOps tooling, cloud infrastructure, and strong judgment in managing safe and scalable rollouts.

Key Responsibilities:
● Release Validation & Promotion
○ Build and deploy artifacts to staging and production environments
○ Execute test suites to ensure readiness for promotion
○ Manage promotions through deployment rings and configure pipelines appropriately
● Active Monitoring
○ Monitor rollbar alerts, canary error dashboards, and the health of the application
and its services
○ Review and follow monitoring plans per deployment
● Deployment Execution
○ Operate and optimize end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and BuildKite
○ Manage infrastructure and service deployments using Kubernetes and Argo
○ Coordinate urgent fix rollouts and rollback procedures as needed
● Cloud & Infra Support
○ Use AWS services (EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, etc.) to deploy and manage infrastructure.
○ Automate configuration and manage environment scalability.

Qualifications:
● Experience: 5+ years in Release Engineering, DevOps, or related roles
● Technical Skills:
○ Strong experience with git, CI/CD tools, and scripting (e.g., shell)
○ Proficient with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and AWS cloud infrastructure
○ Familiarity with modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Kotlin/Java)
○ Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC) with emphasis on release and delivery

● Soft Skills:
○ Excellent analytical skills and operational judgment
○ Strong, proactive execution, communication and interpersonal skills