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Trident Consulting is looking for an Azure Devops /Release Engineer for one of our clients in Atlanta GA / Concord CA Role: Azure Devops /Release Engineer – W2 only Location: Atlanta GA / Concord CA – Hybrid Type: Contract to hire Local candidate is required Required Skills: Azure Devops, Kubernetes, Devops, release engineering As a Release Engineer, you will be instrumental in driving the release process, from development to production environments, ensuring smooth deployments, application availability, and high-quality software releases. The role will focus on leveraging Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm charts, and modern containerization technologies to manage releases at scale. Fully automated deployment is a key priority for our organization. Required Technical Skills: • Build and Release Automation: Expertise in automating build and deployment processes across multiple environments, including running automated tests. • Azure DevOps: Experience with Azure DevOps tools for CI/CD pipelines, source control, and artifact management. • Version Control & Git: Strong understanding of version control using Git and branching strategies, including best practices for leveraging Git. • ArgoCD: Hands-on experience with ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments and managing Kubernetes resources. • Helm Charts: Expertise in creating, managing, and deploying Helm charts for Kubernetes applications. • Docker & Containerization: Solid understanding of Docker, containerization, and orchestration using Kubernetes. • Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS): Experience in deploying and managing containerized applications on AKS. • Base Images & Container Registries: Experience with managing base images, image repositories, and Docker container registries in a cloud environment. • Package Management: Experience with managing approved internal code packages, including NuGet and npm artifacts. • App Services & Databases: Proficiency in managing Azure App Services, SQL Databases, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB deployments for seamless backend operations. • Code Quality Tools: Experience using SonarQube and Arnica to ensure high-quality code standards and enforce best practices. • Windows and Linux: While our legacy platform is based on the Microsoft stack, our new, modern platform is built on Linux. Preferred Skills: • Applications and Frameworks: Experience working with: Drupal (CMS), Keycloak, .NET Core API, React.js & Node js • Microservices: Experience with building and deploying microservices. • Troubleshooting & Debugging: Strong problem-solving skills for debugging complex issues in production environments. • Application Health Monitoring: Experience setting up and managing health monitoring tools and alerts for applications in production. Experience with Open Telemetry preferred. • Azure PaaS: Familiarity with Azure PaaS services and integrating it into deployment pipelines. • QA Automation: Experience supporting QA automation efforts and ensuring integration with the CI/CD pipeline. • Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep for infrastructure provisioning and automation. Key Responsibilities: • Release Engineering: • Take the ownership of the technical release process for both our modern and legacy platforms, including planning on overseeing the technical aspects of our releases, working with the Release Managers. • Collaborate with cross-functional application development teams to ensure high-quality, automated releases. • Implement and manage fully automated deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, ensuring seamless and repeatable deployment across all environments. • Team Leadership & Offshore Management: • Lead, guide, and mentor offshore release engineers to ensure high standards of release management, problem-solving, and incident resolution. • Facilitate communication, knowledge sharing, and collaboration between release engineering and release management, project management, and other stakeholders. • Ensure team adherence to best practices in code quality, automation, testing, and documentation. • CI/CD Pipeline Automation: • Create, manage, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines, leveraging tools such as ArgoCD, Helm Charts, and Docker to automate deployments and facilitate continuous integration. • Implement and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to maintain scalable, reproducible environments across all platforms. • Containerization & Cloud Infrastructure: • Work with Docker and containerized technologies to build and manage consistent development and production environments. • Manage and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Container Registry, and Base Images to streamline deployment processes. • Take ownership of the configuration, deployment, and performance of containerized applications in the cloud. • Monitoring & Observability: • Leverage Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, alerting, and visualization of application performance and infrastructure metrics. • Use Loki for centralized logging, ensuring efficient log management and troubleshooting during deployment and runtime. • Identify and troubleshoot application issues, performance bottlenecks, ensuring the reliability and scalability of the platform. • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: • Create and maintain detailed release documentation, ensuring clarity for all stakeholders involved in the process. • Share knowledge and train team members on the tools, technologies, and methodologies used in the release process. About Trident Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a 3M+ candidate database and a 78% fill ratio. With a highly engaged leadership team and a reputation for delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent, we help organizations build agile, high-performing teams that drive innovation and business success. Some of our recent awards include: Trailblazer Women Award 2025 by Consulate General of India in San Francisco Ranked as the #1 Women Owned Business Enterprise in the large category by ITServe. Received the TechServe Excellence award. Consistently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America Recognized in the SF Business Times as one of the Largest Bay Area BIPOC/Minority-Owned Businesses in 2022.

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