Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce.
Our brand promise - Makes Work Life Better™ - Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.
Location: Bengaluru, India
About the opportunity
The Enterprise Data Team is looking for a Release Engineer Lead responsible for defining and improving the enterprise data warehouse delivery process for Dayforce, a comprehensive, modern cloud human capital management (HCM) software and for other Dayforce-related products.
What you’ll get to do
- Architect and maintain build and deployment systems to facilitate continuous integration and delivery for rapid releases
- Own and manage the release process with a focus on low lead time and high safety
- Monitor and analyze build and release processes and identify areas for improvement
- Establish standards and practices to support development teams in building robust, maintainable release pipelines
- Develop turn-key solutions and platforms to create full-featured release pipelines for development teams
- Collaborate with architecture team to develop standard cloud-native architectures
- Work with and educate development teams on the use of build, release, and source control systems
- Train development teams to use cloud-native infrastructure and the resources available in Azure
- Develop a common development platform, including workflow, tools and processes to improve developer productivity and to increase application observability
- Drive investigation and adoption of new and emerging software delivery practices, architectures, and tools
- Manage and organize source code structure to increase maintainability and ease of deployment
- Collaborate with Architecture, Engineering and Decision Intelligence teams to find opportunities for improvement in common development platforms
Skills and experience we value
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Math or Business or equivalent degree and experience
- 10+ years of experience using DevOps GIT for source control and CI/CD
- 5+ years’ experience with Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Key Vault or an equivalent cloud technology
- Strong understanding of DevOps practices and techniques
- Experience automating build and deployment processes for applications ranging from large and monolithic to microservices
- Strong understanding of enterprise data delivery processes
- Experience with source control management practices and advanced branching techniques
- Experience with Azure DevOps Build and Release Pipelines, GitHub Actions, or comparable CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Travis, Circle CI and Octopus Deploy
- Infrastructure as code: Proficiency or working knowledge of Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Terraform, or Bicep.
- Azure Monitor and Alerts, Log Analytics, and Application Insights experience
- Solid knowledge of data languages such as SQL, Python, Pyspark, Powershell, YAML
- Experience with or desire to work in an agile development environment (Scrum)
- Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills
- Proven track record of quickly learning new technologies
What would make you really stand out
- DevOps Agent, service connection management
- Azure Networking (vNets, Load Balancers, Firewalls, NSGs)
- Microsoft Certification(s) AZ-400, AZ-305, or DP-203
- Azure Logic App / Function App and service plans
- RBAC and AAD
- Experience with business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau #LI-REMOTE
What’s in it for you
Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.
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