Role: Release and Continuous Deployment Manager

The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Release and Continuous Deployment Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in automating infrastructure and platform provisioning across on-premises and cloud environments using Terraform and Helm charts. This role involves designing and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for scalable and efficient deployments.

Your key responsibilities:

• Infrastructure Automation: Design and implement automated infrastructure provisioning solutions using Terraform and Helm charts for both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Automation of Automation: Leverage advanced technologies such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and LLAMA to generate test cases from Open API specifications. Develop a robust test engine for execution and reporting to enhance testing efficiency.
• Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and technical leadership, offering architectural blueprints for seamless project execution.
• Automation as a Service (AaaS): Lead the development of AaaS, delivering streamlined automation solutions to cross-functional teams.
• Innovative Test Platform: Engineer and enhance a test platform that automatically triggers automation suites and integrates InfoSec automation to support seamless, secure, and efficient daily production deployments.
• Data Controller Development: Create a Data Controller for functional, performance, and security testing, automating data generation, cleansing, and clearing to ensure consistent and efficient test execution.
• Backup and Restore Mechanisms: Implement automated backup and restore mechanisms to significantly reduce test setup time and enable rapid test environment recovery.
• On-Demand Pipelines: Architect on-demand Jenkins/GitLab pipelines to minimize environment provisioning time.
• Containerized Test Platform: Design a zero-footprint, containerized test platform for automation across diverse environments.
• Scalability Mastery: Architect a scalable test platform that dynamically adjusts nodes based on workload demands, both on-premises and in the cloud.
• AI Integration: Integrate AI for test case generation, test data generation, and execution to optimize testing efficiency.
• Test Pyramid Optimization: Reduce the test pyramid size to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
• Tool & Solution Development: Develop cutting-edge tools for Automation of Automation, UI/API-Driven Testing, and Zero Footprint Environment. Seamlessly integrate testing tools with collaboration platforms to enhance team productivity.
• Automated Reporting & Analytics: Implement automated reporting and analytics for deeper testing insights.

Skills and attributes for success

Technical Expertise:

• Technologies: GraphQL, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ELK Stack, Strapi, Restful API, Prisma.
• Frameworks: Automation frameworks using Java, Elasticsearch, TestNG, and MindMap.
• Performance Testing: JMeter, Gatling, and custom test platforms.
• UI Development: ReactJS, NodeJS, MeteorJS.
• Cloud Platforms: GCP, Azure, AWS.
• Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, Perl.
• KPI Dashboards: PowerBI, Grafana, InfluxDB, ReportPortal.

DevOps & Infrastructure Automation:

• DevOps as a Service (DaaS): Design self-service platforms for pipeline creation, deployment automation, and dynamic infrastructure provisioning.
• CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Develop smart commit-driven workflows using Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD to ensure seamless code integration and deployment.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform to enable scalable cloud architectures.
• Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Architectures: Hands-on expertise with AWS and Azure, optimizing cloud costs and leveraging Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Monitoring & Observability: Implement Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack, and PowerBI for real-time insights, predictive analytics, and proactive issue resolution.

Test Architecture & Automation:

• Containerized Test Platform: Design a scalable, zero-footprint test automation framework that dynamically adjusts execution nodes based on workload.
• Test Optimization & Pyramid Strategy: Implement a test pyramid approach to reduce execution time while improving test coverage.
• Performance & Security Testing: Integrate JMeter, Gatling, and custom performance platforms within CI/CD pipelines to ensure software reliability.
• Automated Reporting & Analytics: Develop AI-driven test reporting dashboards to enable faster feedback loops and root cause analysis.

Innovation & Solution Development:

• On-Demand Pipelines: Develop on-demand Jenkins/GitLab pipelines to reduce environment provisioning time.
• API-First Testing Solutions: Architect API-first testing solutions integrating with GraphQL, RESTful APIs, Strapi, and Prisma.
• AI-Based Analytics: Design AI-based analytics to identify bottlenecks and improve system reliability.

Technical Skills:

• DevOps Architecture and Automation: Expertise in designing and managing end-to-end automation pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, and Pipeline as Code strategies.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficient in Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible for automated provisioning and configuration.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Skilled in Kubernetes, Docker, and Cloud Foundry for scalable, containerized application deployments.
• Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP for cloud-native architecture and virtualization.
• Monitoring and Logging: Strong experience with ELK Stack, Grafana, InfluxDB, and PowerBI for KPI dashboards and analytics.
• API Management: Expertise in GraphQL, RESTful APIs, Strapi, and Prisma for developing and managing APIs.
• Performance Testing: Skilled in tools like JMeter, Gatling, and custom performance platforms for capacity planning and system optimization.
• Framework Development: Developed automation frameworks using Java, Elasticsearch, and TestNG for seamless test case automation and reporting.
• Swagger API Test Data Generation: Automated Swagger API Test Data generation and execution using Restler and Zap for enhanced API testing capabilities.
• UI Development: Proficient in modern web technologies like ReactJS, NodeJS, and MeteorJS for building dynamic user interfaces.
• Programming Languages: Proficient in Java, Python, JavaScript, Shell, and Perl for automation, scripting, and software development.
• KPI Dashboards: Designed and implemented real-time KPI Dashboards with tools like Grafana, PowerBI, and ReportPortal to track system health and operational metrics.

What we look for

• A self-starter, independent-thinker, curious and creative person with ambition and passion

What we offer

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

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