Release Engineer Lead

Location: Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work

About the opportunity

The Enterprise Data Team is looking for a Release Engineer Lead responsible for defining and improving the enterprise data warehouse delivery process for Dayforce, a comprehensive, modern cloud human capital management (HCM) software and for other Dayforce-related products.

What you ll get to do

• Architect and maintain build and deployment systems to facilitate continuous integration and delivery for rapid releases
• Own and manage the release process with a focus on low lead time and high safety
• Monitor and analyze build and release processes and identify areas for improvement
• Establish standards and practices to support development teams in building robust, maintainable release pipelines
• Develop turn-key solutions and platforms to create full-featured release pipelines for development teams
• Collaborate with architecture team to develop standard cloud-native architectures
• Work with and educate development teams on the use of build, release, and source control systems
• Train development teams to use cloud-native infrastructure and the resources available in Azure
• Develop a common development platform, including workflow, tools and processes to improve developer productivity and to increase application observability
• Drive investigation and adoption of new and emerging software delivery practices, architectures, and tools
• Manage and organize source code structure to increase maintainability and ease of deployment
• Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering and Decision Intelligence teams to find opportunities for improvement in common development platforms

Skills and experience we value

• A Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Math or Business or equivalent degree and experience
• 10+ years of experience using DevOps GIT for source control and CI/CD
• 5+ years experience with Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Key Vault or an equivalent cloud technology
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices and techniques
• Experience automating build and deployment processes for applications ranging from large and monolithic to microservices
• Strong understanding of enterprise data delivery processes
• Experience with source control management practices and advanced branching techniques
• Experience with Azure DevOps Build and Release Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or comparable CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis, Circle CI and Octopus Deploy
• Infrastructure as code: Proficiency or working knowledge of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, or Bicep.
• Azure Monitor and Alerts, Log Analytics, and Application Insights experience
• Solid knowledge of data languages such as SQL, Python, Pyspark, Powershell, YAML
• Experience with or desire to work in an agile development environment (Scrum)
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies

What would make you really stand out

• DevOps Agent, service connection management
• Azure Networking (vNets, Load Balancers, Firewalls, NSGs)
• Microsoft Certification(s) AZ-400, AZ-305, or DP-203
• Azure Logic App / Function App and service plans
• RBAC and AAD
• Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau