Release Engineer

Job Description:

AssetMark is a leading strategic provider of innovative investment and consulting solutions serving independent financial advisors. We provide investment, relationship, and practice management solutions that advisors use in helping clients achieve wealth, independence, and purpose.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Release Engineer to join our team, responsible for managing the release pipeline for both our modern and legacy platforms and systems. This position requires working closely with a talented team of offshore release engineers and onshore release managers, while also contributing to day-to-day release and deployment activities.

As a Release Engineer, you will be instrumental in driving the release process, from development to production environments, ensuring smooth deployments, application availability, and high-quality software releases. The role will focus on leveraging Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm charts, and modern containerization technologies to manage releases at scale. Fully automated deployment is a key priority for our organization.

We can consider candidates for this position who are able to accommodate a hybrid work schedule and are close to our Atlanta, GA or Concord, CA office.

Required Technical Skills:

• Build and Release Automation: Expertise in automating build and deployment processes across multiple environments, including running automated tests.
• Azure DevOps: Experience with Azure DevOps tools for CI/CD pipelines, source control, and artifact management.
• Version Control & Git: Strong understanding of version control using Git and branching strategies, including best practices for leveraging Git.
• ArgoCD: Hands-on experience with ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments and managing Kubernetes resources.
• Helm Charts: Expertise in creating, managing, and deploying Helm charts for Kubernetes applications.
• Docker & Containerization: Solid understanding of Docker, containerization, and orchestration using Kubernetes.
• Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS): Experience in deploying and managing containerized applications on AKS.
• Base Images & Container Registries: Experience with managing base images, image repositories, and Docker container registries in a cloud environment.
• Package Management: Experience with managing approved internal code packages, including NuGet and npm artifacts.
• App Services & Databases: Proficiency in managing Azure App Services, SQL Databases, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB deployments for seamless backend operations.
• Code Quality Tools: Experience using SonarQube and Arnica to ensure high-quality code standards and enforce best practices.
• Windows and Linux: While our legacy platform is based on the Microsoft stack, our new, modern platform is built on Linux.

Preferred Skills:

• Applications and Frameworks: Experience working with: Drupal (CMS), Keycloak, .NET Core API, React.js & Node js
• Microservices: Experience with building and deploying microservices.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Strong problem-solving skills for debugging complex issues in production environments.
• Application Health Monitoring: Experience setting up and managing health monitoring tools and alerts for applications in production.  Experience with Open Telemetry preferred.
• Azure PaaS: Familiarity with Azure PaaS services and integrating it into deployment pipelines.
• QA Automation: Experience supporting QA automation efforts and ensuring integration with the CI/CD pipeline.
• Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on experience with Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep for infrastructure provisioning and automation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Release Engineering:
  • Take the ownership of the technical release process for both our modern and legacy platforms, including planning on overseeing the technical aspects of our releases, working with the Release Managers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional application development teams to ensure high-quality, automated releases.
  • Implement and manage fully automated deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, ensuring seamless and repeatable deployment across all environments.
• Team Leadership & Offshore Management:
  • Lead, guide, and mentor offshore release engineers to ensure high standards of release management, problem-solving, and incident resolution.
  • Facilitate communication, knowledge sharing, and collaboration between release engineering and release management, project management, and other stakeholders.
  • Ensure team adherence to best practices in code quality, automation, testing, and documentation.
• CI/CD Pipeline Automation:
  • Create, manage, and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines, leveraging tools such as ArgoCD, Helm Charts, and Docker to automate deployments and facilitate continuous integration.
  • Implement and optimize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to maintain scalable, reproducible environments across all platforms.
• Containerization & Cloud Infrastructure:
  • Work with Docker and containerized technologies to build and manage consistent development and production environments.
  • Manage and optimize Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Container Registry, and Base Images to streamline deployment processes.
  • Take ownership of the configuration, deployment, and performance of containerized applications in the cloud.
• Monitoring & Observability:
  • Leverage Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring, alerting, and visualization of application performance and infrastructure metrics.
  • Use Loki for centralized logging, ensuring efficient log management and troubleshooting during deployment and runtime.
  • Identify and troubleshoot application issues, performance bottlenecks, ensuring the reliability and scalability of the platform.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing:
  • Create and maintain detailed release documentation, ensuring clarity for all stakeholders involved in the process.
  • Share knowledge and train team members on the tools, technologies, and methodologies used in the release process.

Compensation: The Base Salary range for this position is between $150,000-$165,000.

This information reflects a base salary range that AssetMark reasonably expects to pay for the position based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, education, experience, and actual work location. This position will also be eligible for additional variable incentive compensation and competitive benefits.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US to be considered. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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Who We Are & What We Offer:

AssetMark’s mission is centered around helping financial advisors make a difference in the lives of their clients. To help them do that, we aim to provide advisors with holistic support. We offer compelling technology that facilitates a better client experience, consulting services that ensure advisors’ businesses are running at their best and a comprehensive suite of investment solutions. AssetMark’s platform empowers advisors to provide the highest level of service possible to their clients.

AssetMark’s culture is driven by our mission and connected by our values; Heart, Integrity, Excellence and Respect. You will join a team that lives these values every day by doing the best and what is right in all we do  and encouraging different ideas for continual success and innovation. Additionally, we offer a wide range of benefits to meet the needs of our team members and their families.

• Flex Time Off or Paid Time/Sick Time Off
• 401K – 6% Employer Match
• Medical, Dental, Vision – HDHP or PPO
• HSA – Employer contribution (HDHP only)
• Volunteer Time Off
• Career Development / Recognition
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Hybrid Work Schedule

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, AssetMark is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued.