Release Train Engineer

Hybrid role - 3 days a week on-site in Chicago

Must be local to Chicago, not open to relocation candidates

$78.00 w-2

Release Train Engineer – Azure / AKS

Our direct client is looking for a hands-on Release Train Engineer with strong Azure, Kubernetes, DevOps, and infrastructure experience. This is a technical role for someone who can get into the engineering details while also coordinating releases and working across development, architecture, security, and operations teams.

What our client is looking for:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and kubectl in production environments
• Strong Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions experience building YAML-based CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Terraform or Bicep and infrastructure-as-code
• Strong understanding of Azure networking, REST APIs, DNS, TLS, ingress, load balancing, Key Vault, RBAC, and managed identities
• Experience troubleshooting deployments, containers, networking, authentication, and API performance issues
• Experience with production releases, monitoring, incident response, rollback procedures, and root-cause analysis
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across technical teams and business stakeholders

Nice to have:

• Azure, Kubernetes, or Azure DevOps certifications
• Azure API Management and private AKS networking
• Workload identity and disaster recovery experience
• Prometheus/Grafana or similar monitoring tools
• Experience in financial services or another regulated environment
• SAFe/RTE or Release on Demand experience