Devops Engineer

Key Responsibilities
CI/CD Pipeline Engineering
• Design and develop CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Harness, or equivalent platforms.
• Create pipeline-as-code solutions with conditional logic based on Git branches, tags, release types, and deployment targets.
• Implement reusable deployment workflows that support multiple application teams.
Release Automation
• Design and maintain automated release processes across DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments.
• Implement approval gates, artifact promotion workflows, and deployment controls.
• Standardize deployments across multiple applications and business units.
Ansible Automation
• Develop Ansible playbooks from scratch.
• Design reusable Ansible roles and Jinja2 templates.
• Manage environment-specific configurations and inventory structures.
• Develop Ansible Tower/AWX workflows, surveys, and role-based deployment processes.
Python Development
• Develop Python automation solutions for:
o File processing
o YAML/JSON/XML parsing
o Regex-based routing logic
o Command execution using subprocess
o Release orchestration
o Build automation
o Configuration management
Artifact Management
• Administer JFrog Artifactory repositories.
• Implement artifact publishing and promotion workflows.
• Design environment-specific artifact lifecycle management.
Source Control Management
• Manage Git workflows including:
o Branching strategies
o Cherry-picking
o Merge conflict resolution
o Release branching
o Tag management
o Git LFS
Database Release Management
• Build and maintain Liquibase-based database deployment pipelines.
• Create changelogs, changesets, rollback strategies, and context-based deployments.
Enterprise Governance
• Work within regulated release management frameworks.
• Support change approvals and CAB processes.
• Ensure auditability, traceability, and compliance requirements are met.
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Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of DevOps, CI/CD, Release Engineering, or Release Automation experience.
• Advanced Python scripting experience.
• Strong Jenkins Pipeline (Jenkinsfile/Groovy) development experience.
• Strong Ansible and Ansible Tower/AWX experience.
• Hands-on JFrog Artifactory experience.
• Strong Git expertise beyond basic source control usage.
• Experience with Liquibase or comparable database release tooling.
• Experience supporting enterprise SDLC and release governance processes.
• Experience building automation solutions for consumption by multiple engineering teams.
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Preferred Qualifications
• Payments domain experience:
o ACI
o Volante
o FIS
o Fedwire
o CHIPS
o SWIFT
o ISO 20022
• Financial services experience:
o Wells Fargo
o JPMorgan Chase
o Bank of America
o Citi
o Capital One
• Experience in highly regulated enterprise environments.
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Recruiter Screening Matrix (Mandatory)

Screening Question Pass Criteria Fail Criteria
Ansible Built playbooks from scratch, environment-specific deployments, Jinja2 templating Only executed existing playbooks
CI/CD Pipelines Written Jenkinsfiles/GitLab/GitHub Actions pipelines with branching logic Configured jobs through UI only
Python Automation File processing, subprocess, YAML/XML parsing Only Lambda/Jupyter/notebook experience
Release Management DEV/SIT/UAT/PROD promotion with approvals Single-environment deployments
Submission Guidance
Result Action
Strong in 4/4 Send immediately
Strong in 3/4 Send and identify weak area
Fail 2 or more Do not submit
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Technical Skill Matrix
Skill Area Required Level Weight
Python Automation Expert 20%
Jenkins Pipeline Development Expert 15%
Ansible Playbook Development Expert 15%
Enterprise Release Management Expert 15%
JFrog Artifactory Advanced 10%
Git Branching & Release Strategies Advanced 10%
Liquibase Advanced 5%
Ansible Tower/AWX Advanced 5%
Linux/Shell Scripting Advanced 3%
Payments Domain Knowledge Preferred 2%