DNA Release Deployment Engineer

Data Center Automation | Release Execution | Operational Resilience

Position Summary

Job Description

The DNA Release Deployment Engineer is a hands-on engineer responsible for executing and improving application deployments in complex, client-facing data center environments. The role combines disciplined production execution with automation engineering. The engineer prepares environments, validates prerequisites, orchestrates deployment activities, monitors results, resolves installation issues, executes rollback or recovery plans when necessary, and confirms post-deployment application health.

The engineer works across Release Engineering, DevOps, Application Operations, database, infrastructure, incident management, client-facing, and product teams. The role is expected to improve the deployment model over time by translating manual playbook steps into reusable PowerShell and Ansible automation orchestrated through Harness and integrated with the evolving ARMOR deployment platform.

Key Responsibilities

Release execution and readiness

• Execute changes for software deployment, certificate, configuration, database-refresh, disaster-recovery, and related activities within approved change windows and with proper governance and auditability.
• Validate release artifacts, versions, environment configuration, server access, certificates, credentials, capacity, network connectivity, dependencies, and client-specific prerequisites before execution.
• Follow approved deployment plans, playbooks, entry and exit criteria, change records, approval gates, and documented rollback procedures.

Automation and engineering

• Develop, maintain, test, and troubleshoot PowerShell automation for Release Deployment pre-install, install, validation, recovery, and post-install tasks.
• Contribute to reusable scripts (PowerShell), orchestration playbooks (Ansible) and pipelines (Harness) that support consistent execution across CERT, PROD, disaster-recovery, and other data center environments.
• Integrate release artifacts and automation with GitLab source control, Nexus artifact repositories, Harness orchestration, Deployment Manager, and ARMOR APIs or services as the target architecture evolves.
• Remove hard-coded, one-off, and manual steps through variable-driven, environment-aware automation with structured logging and actionable error handling.

Validation, risk and recovery

• Run and review automated pre- and post-deployment validation, configuration reports, application health checks, UI or API smoke tests, and client-specific functional checks.
• Identify deployment failures quickly, preserve evidence, perform structured troubleshooting, engage the correct engineering partners, and execute approved rollback or remediation actions.
• Participate in retrospectives and convert lessons learned into playbook, automation, monitoring, and process improvements.

Operational support and communication

• Provide scheduled and on-call coverage for deployment-related incidents, failed installs, incomplete upgrades, and deployment validation concerns.
• Communicate status, risks, blockers, decisions, and completion evidence clearly during deployment events and incident bridges.
• Maintain accurate Jira, ServiceNow, change, release, and operational documentation for traceability and auditability.
• Coordinate technical handoffs and dependencies across application, database, Windows, network, Remote Operations, Release Engineering, and client-facing teams.

Required Skills and Capabilities

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• Recommended hiring threshold: 5+ years in software deployment, DevOps, systems engineering, application support, or production operations, including 2+ years of hands-on automation or scripting.
• Demonstrated experience supporting production changes in high-availability, client-facing, or regulated environments.
• Experience executing work during scheduled maintenance windows and participating in an on-call rotation.
• Ability to read deployment plans, application logs, scripts, configuration files, infrastructure inventories, and pipeline output, then convert findings into a practical resolution.
• Certifications in ITIL, ServiceNow, Jira, cloud, DevOps, Windows System Administration, or Automation are preferred

Role Capabilities

What Good Looks Like

• Deployments begin only when prerequisites, approvals, artifacts, rollback plans, and support coverage are ready.
• Execution is consistent across engineers and environments, with minimal dependence on tribal knowledge.
• Validation evidence demonstrates application health and configuration integrity before the change is closed.
• Failures are detected early, diagnosed from logs and evidence, communicated clearly, and recovered safely.
• Each release event produces measurable automation, playbook, monitoring, or process improvements.
• Manual server access and repetitive deployment steps decline as Harness, Ansible, PowerShell, Deployment Manager, and ARMOR capabilities mature.

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