Senior Software Release Engineer
General Dynamics Mission Systems1 day ago
Remote, United States or Pittsfield, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$127k - $137k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build software release processes across development, staging, and production environments.
- Develop and improve CI/CD workflows, including versioning conventions, release gates, approval paths, artifact handling, and deployment promotion.
- Integrate automated unit, integration, regression, security, and other appropriate testing into delivery pipelines.
- Establish practical standards for test coverage, test reliability, release readiness, and quality gates.
- Maintain release traceability, including deployed versions, changes, completed validations, and audit-ready release records.
- Build and validate safe deployment and rollback procedures.
- Mature release engineering and software quality practices across multiple engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field plus 8 years of relevant experience, or a qualifying equivalent combination of education and experience; alternatively, a master’s degree plus 6 years of relevant experience.
- Experience building, operating, or improving CI/CD pipelines for production software.
- Experience with release engineering practices including versioning, artifact management, environment promotion, release approvals, and rollback planning.
- Experience implementing automated unit, integration, regression, and security testing in CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with source control and CI/CD platforms such as Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of software quality practices and the ability to translate testing expectations into practical pipeline controls.
- Strong documentation and cross-functional communication skills.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance are required.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with AI-enabled or data-intensive systems, regulated or defense environments, infrastructure as code, containerized delivery, container registries, orchestration platforms, and release engineering across multiple teams.
Benefits
- 100% remote telework.
- 9/80 schedule.
- Competitive benefits and a flexible work environment.
- Defense industry experience is not required.
About General Dynamics Mission Systems
General Dynamics Mission Systems designs and manufactures secure communications, C4ISR, cyber defense, and maritime/underwater systems used across land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains. It sells integrated hardware and software to U.S. and allied defense and intelligence agencies under government contracts and long-term programs. The company is headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, and operates as a business unit of General Dynamics.