CI/CD Consultant (Contractor)

Job Title: CI/CD Consultant
Location: Charlotte, NC/New York, NY (3 days onsite)
Duration: 12 months contract with possible extension for longer term

Job Description:

• Payments Release and CI/CD Consultant (Contractor)

Job Overview:

• Client is seeking an experienced Payments Release and CI/CD Consultant to modernize and stabilize the payment release management process for an on-prem Unix and Oracle-based environment.
• This role will focus on introducing source and artifact version control, implementing a CI/CD pipeline, automating deployment processes, and synchronizing UAT and production environments for internally developed applications and configurations.
• The consultant will play a key role in transitioning from manual deployments to an automated, repeatable process while ensuring traceability, stability, and compliance.
• The primary toolset will include Jenkins, Liquibase for Oracle, GitHub/Bitbucket for version control, Harness for automated deployments, and JFrog Artifactory for artifact management.

Key Responsibilities:
Establish Source and Artifact Version Control:

• Implement a structured version control strategy using GitHub or Bitbucket for internally developed applications and Oracle database scripts.
• Set up an artifact repository (e.g., JFrog Artifactory) to manage deployment packages and ensure traceability across environments.
• Standardize XML-based configurations into structured, version-controlled JAR artifacts for better deployment tracking.

CI/CD Pipeline Implementation for Unix and Oracle:

• Design and implement a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Harness, and Liquibase to automate deployments.
• Automate build, validation, and deployment processes for Unix-based applications, ensuring faster and more reliable releases.
• Implement Liquibase for Oracle CI/CD, ensuring database schema changes are properly versioned, tracked, and deployed.
• Establish automated validation checks to ensure UAT and production configurations remain in sync before deployment.

Automation of Configuration Synchronization:

• Develop automated scripts to replace the manual process of synchronizing UAT and production configurations.
• Implement environment-specific configuration management to ensure correct settings across deployments.
• Establish monitoring and alerting for configuration drift between environments.

Release Management and Deployment Process Enhancements:

• Overhaul the release management process to integrate CI/CD best practices and reduce manual Unix-based deployments.
• Define structured deployment workflows, ensuring proper governance, approvals, and rollback capabilities.
• Establish best practices for artifact promotion across environments, ensuring stability and traceability.

Incident Reduction and Environment Stability:

• Implement proactive measures to reduce recurring incidents caused by misconfigured or out-of-sync deployments.
• Work with the Platform Support team to integrate incident resolution into the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring faster issue detection and rollback capabilities.
• Establish KPIs to measure release success, environment consistency, and deployment efficiency.

Stakeholder Communication and Governance:

• Act as the liaison between platform engineering, development, production support, and release teams, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Define release governance processes, ensuring proper approvals and validation before deployments.
• Provide structured reporting on CI/CD adoption progress, release health, and automation impact.

Required Qualifications:

• 7 plus years of experience in release management, CI/CD implementation, and configuration automation in an on-prem Unix and Oracle environment.
• Expertise in GitHub, Bitbucket, and JFrog Artifactory for source control and artifact management.
• Strong experience with Jenkins and Harness for CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Hands-on experience with Liquibase for Oracle database schema versioning and deployment automation.
• Strong scripting skills in Shell, Python, or Ansible to automate deployment workflows and configuration synchronization.
• Deep understanding of manual Unix-based deployments and ability to transition to automated workflows.
• Experience with Jira for tracking artifacts, release workflows, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in incident root cause analysis and process improvement.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks for validating configuration changes before deployment.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for payments systems and secure SDLC best practices.

Pay Range: $50/HR - $55/HR on W2

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.

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