Build Release Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibilities: 1.Work with developers to understand the application dependencies, compile and include the dependencies in the application installation package.2.Take care of Git branching and tagging.3.Maintain and manage the Gitlab and Jenkins build pipelines. 4.Work on packaging the binaries into an installer for major release. Work on delivering patches for hotfixes and minor releases.5.Building and delivering rpm and deb packages.6.Take care of application upgrade and migration scenarios. 7.Maintaining all artifacts on distribution server. 8.Administration/Maintenance of Continuous Integration build tools – Gitlab/Jenkins 9.Basic sanity testing of builds during handoff including deployment of artifacts and running basic integration tests. Primary Skills: 1.Hands-on Experience in Configuration Management, Build and Release Activities 2.Understand the standard release branching and tagging strategies.3.Strong Linux background (understanding of system services, iptables, firewalls, RPMs, Debs etc) 4.Should have worked on tools like Bitrock 5.Hands-on experience in Version control tools like GIT 6.Experience in Continuous Integration (CI) tools such as Jenkins or Gitlab 7.Good working knowledge on JIRA, the tracking tool 8.Hands-on experience with Shell or Perl scripting 9.Familiar with client server architecture. Other Skills: 1.Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills 2.Innovative and self-starter 3.Ability to work with minimum supervision 4.Detailed and analytical orientation 5.Problem solving and debugging/troubleshooting skills. 6.Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced environment Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field Experience range: 3+ years hands on experience in Build activities