Cloud Engineer

W2 Cloud Engineer

Only on W2 Cloud Engineer Charlotte, NC, NYC (3 Day Onsite)

Important:

• Cell phone – only iPhone or android WF compatible
• No legal arrangements to leave early work (like Ronald has to pick up his child every 2nd Friday from school)
• Must be onsite 3 times a week.
• Validate previous experiences. Like Abi has on resume Unix admin as her first job, but her knowledge is lagging in Unix.
• Must be a hard worker, hands-on, proactive, and passion about process improvement through automation.

Why Join Client?

• This is a high-impact contract role that offers the opportunity to modernize payments release management at client.
• The consultant will lead CI/CD adoption, automation efforts, and environment stability improvements, ensuring seamless releases and reduced production incidents.
• Client is looking for a hands-on, proactive consultant who thrives in complex financial environments and is passionate about automation and process improvement.

Job Description:

• Payments Release & CI/CD Consultant (Contractor)

Job Overview:

• Client is seeking an experienced Payments Release & CI/CD Consultant to modernize and stabilize the payment release management process for an on-prem Unix and Oracle-based environment.
• This role will focus on introducing source and artifact version control, implementing a CI/CD pipeline, automating deployment processes, and synchronizing UAT and production environments for internally developed applications and configurations.
• The consultant will play a key role in transitioning from manual deployments to an automated, repeatable process while ensuring traceability, stability, and compliance.
• The primary toolset will include Jenkins, Liquibase for Oracle, GitHub/Bitbucket for version control, Harness for automated deployments, and JFrog Artifactory for artifact management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish Source & Artifact Version Control:
• Implement a structured version control strategy using GitHub or Bitbucket for internally developed applications and Oracle database scripts.
• Set up an artifact repository (e.g., JFrog Artifactory) to manage deployment packages and ensure traceability across environments.
• Standardize XML-based configurations into structured, version-controlled JAR artifacts for better deployment tracking.
• CI/CD Pipeline Implementation for Unix & Oracle:
• Design and implement a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Harness, and Liquibase to automate deployments.
• Automate build, validation, and deployment processes for Unix-based applications, ensuring faster and more reliable releases.
• Implement Liquibase for Oracle CI/CD, ensuring database schema changes are properly versioned, tracked, and deployed.
• Establish automated validation checks to ensure UAT and production configurations remain in sync before deployment.
• Automation of Configuration Synchronization:
• Develop automated scripts to replace the manual process of synchronizing UAT and production configurations.
• Implement environment-specific configuration management to ensure correct settings across deployments.
• Establish monitoring and alerting for configuration drift between environments.
• Release Management & Deployment Process Enhancements:
• Overhaul the release management process to integrate CI/CD best practices and reduce manual Unix-based deployments.
• Define structured deployment workflows, ensuring proper governance, approvals, and rollback capabilities.
• Establish best practices for artifact promotion across environments, ensuring stability and traceability.
• Incident Reduction & Environment Stability:
• Implement proactive measures to reduce recurring incidents caused by misconfigured or out-of-sync deployments.
• Work with the Platform Support team to integrate incident resolution into the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring faster issue detection and rollback capabilities.
• Establish KPIs to measure release success, environment consistency, and deployment efficiency.
• Stakeholder Communication & Governance:
• Act as the liaison between platform engineering, development, production support, and release teams, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Define release governance processes, ensuring proper approvals and validation before deployments.
• Provide structured reporting on CI/CD adoption progress, release health, and automation impact.

Required Qualifications:

• 7 plus years of experience in release management, CI/CD implementation, and configuration automation in an on-prem Unix and Oracle environment.
• Expertise in GitHub, Bitbucket, and JFrog Artifactory for source control and artifact management.
• Strong experience with Jenkins and Harness for CI/CD pipeline automation.
• Hands-on experience with Liquibase for Oracle database schema versioning and deployment automation.
• Strong scripting skills in Shell, Python, or Ansible to automate deployment workflows and configuration synchronization.
• Deep understanding of manual Unix-based deployments and ability to transition to automated workflows.
• Experience with Jira for tracking artifacts, release workflows, and CI/CD integration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in incident root cause analysis and process improvement.

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, or Azure DevOps Pipelines.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks for validating configuration changes before deployment.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for payments systems and secure SDLC best practices.