Wolters Kluwer - Release/DevOps Engineer - CI/CD Pipeline

Job Title : Release and DevOps Engineer.

Overview :

This team member would manage the build, packaging, and deployment of our software applications across environments as well as focus on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) to design, implement, and maintain automated pipelines that accelerate software delivery and improve system reliability.

You will work closely with development, QA, and operations teams to ensure high-quality, timely, and consistent software releases.

Key Responsibilities :

- Coordinate all aspects of the software release lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, execution, and communication across staging and production environments.

- Facilitate release readiness meetings and go/no-go decision points with stakeholders.

- Automate build, test, and deployment processes for multiple environments (dev, staging, production).

- Optimize deployment strategies (e.g., blue/green, canary) to reduce risk.

- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such Bamboo, Bitbucket, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.

- Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures and release-related issues.

- Work closely with security and compliance teams to integrate security scanning into pipelines (DevSecOps).

- Manage version control, branching, and merging strategies (Git).

- Collaborate with development, QA, operations, and product teams to plan and execute release schedules.

- Ensure that release plans include proper documentation, approvals, and compliance requirements.

- Ensure that releases meet best practices, security, compliance, and rollback standards.

- Monitor application performance and health post-deployment using tools like New Relic or Datadog.

- Continuously improve release processes through automation and tooling enhancements.

- Track and report release metrics, including success rates, issues, and rollback incidents.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).

- Overall experience of 8+ years with 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps with a CI/CD focus.

- Preferred experience as a software engineer.

- Expertise in pipeline automation and scripting.

- Solid knowledge of version control systems, especially Git.

- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC).

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and strong understanding of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.