Release Engineer

Slide Insurance • Tampa, FL

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About The Position

Slide Insurance is seeking a Release Engineer to join their fun, innovation-driven team. This role is crucial for powering the delivery of reliable, high-quality software across Slide's technology platforms. The Release Engineer will collaborate closely with development, QA, infrastructure, and security teams to automate deployments, support CI/CD processes, and ensure smooth, secure releases from development through production. The position is part of an award-winning culture that values collaboration and innovation.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 2+ years of experience in release engineering, CI/CD pipeline support, build and deployment automation, or software delivery.
• 1+ year of experience with Microsoft Azure and release automation, source control, deployment, or work management tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or Jira.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps, Git-based source control, build automation, release pipelines, and artifact repositories.
• Ability to develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot build, configuration, integration, and deployment issues and implement effective solutions.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage work independently and balance security, compliance, business risk, and customer impact.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Teams, SharePoint, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Technology, or a related field preferred.
• 2+ years of experience supporting technology in Property & Casualty insurance, financial services, or another regulated business environment preferred.
• Release Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Technology, or IT Service Management certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycles, CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated testing, artifact management, release processes, deployment, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Develop, configure, maintain, and enhance automated build, integration, release, and deployment processes across nonproduction and production environments.
• Execute approved software deployments, validate results, troubleshoot failures, and document release outcomes.
• Manage software versions, release branches, build packages, artifact repositories, environment configurations, and deployment traceability.
• Maintain deployment scripts, pipeline templates, configuration files, and automation that support consistent and repeatable software delivery.
• Configure and support CI/CD pipelines integrating source control, automated builds, testing, security checks, approvals, artifact management, and deployments.
• Monitor build and deployment performance, identify recurring issues, and implement improvements that increase reliability and efficiency.
• Troubleshoot build, configuration, integration, and deployment failures, including rollback and recovery activities.
• Implement and maintain release controls supporting security, audit, compliance, and operational requirements.
• Partner with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Operations, and Security teams to resolve dependencies, configuration issues, and environment constraints.
• Communicate deployment status, technical risks, incidents, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Maintain technical documentation, including runbooks, deployment procedures, release notes, troubleshooting guides, and recovery instructions.
• Drive process improvements that enhance deployment consistency, scalability, and operational excellence.

Benefits

• The Slide Vibe - An opportunity to be a part of a fun and innovation-driven culture fueled by Passion, Purpose and Technology!
• Opportunities to collaborate and innovate across the company and departments.
• Opportunities to get to know other Sliders through coffee chats, clubs, and social events.
• A comprehensive and affordable benefits package to cover all aspects of health...Physical, Emotional, Financial, Social and Professional.
• A Lifestyle Spending Account is set up for each Slider and Slide contributes to it monthly for use on any benefit that individually suits you - Health Your Way!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED