Role overview

Deployment DevOPs Engineer

Requirements and responsibilities

Readable role content extracted into sections for faster review.

Details

  • Own end-to-end release and deployment lifecycle: build → package → deploy → verify → rollback
  • Develop and support Octopus Deploy projects, lifecycles, channels, variables, and deployment processes
  • Implement deployment automation with Ansible (playbooks/roles, inventories, idempotent changes)
  • Maintain Git-based release workflows in GitHub (branching, tagging, versioning, release notes)
  • Build/maintain CI pipelines in GitHub Actions (or existing tooling) to produce artifacts and trigger Octopus releases
  • Standardize deployment patterns across applications (templates, shared steps, reusable Ansible roles)
  • Manage environment configuration and secrets in a controlled way (variable sets, permissions, auditing)
  • Improve deployment safety: approvals, health checks, smoke tests, automated validation, and rollback strategies
  • Support production releases, troubleshoot deployment failures, and drive root-cause analysis
  • Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and change management practices
  • Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to plan releases and reduce downtime
  • Experience as DevOps / Release / Deployment Engineer supporting production deployments
  • Strong hands-on experience with Octopus Deploy (process design, variables, multi-environment releases)
  • Strong Ansible skills for deployment and configuration (roles, vault/secrets, troubleshooting)
  • Strong working knowledge of GitHub (PR workflows, tagging/releases, permissions)
  • Understanding of CI/CD concepts (artifact management, versioning, promotion between environments)
  • Administration and troubleshooting skills on Windows and/or Linux hosts used for deployments
  • Ability to diagnose deployment issues across app, OS, network, and configuration layers
  • Own end-to-end release and deployment lifecycle: build → package → deploy → verify → rollback
  • Develop and support Octopus Deploy projects, lifecycles, channels, variables, and deployment processes
  • Implement deployment automation with Ansible (playbooks/roles, inventories, idempotent changes)
  • Maintain Git-based release workflows in GitHub (branching, tagging, versioning, release notes)
  • Build/maintain CI pipelines in GitHub Actions (or existing tooling) to produce artifacts and trigger Octopus releases
  • Standardize deployment patterns across applications (templates, shared steps, reusable Ansible roles)
  • Manage environment configuration and secrets in a controlled way (variable sets, permissions, auditing)
  • Improve deployment safety: approvals, health checks, smoke tests, automated validation, and rollback strategies
  • Support production releases, troubleshoot deployment failures, and drive root-cause analysis
  • Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and change management practices
  • Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations to plan releases and reduce downtime
  • Experience as DevOps / Release / Deployment Engineer supporting production deployments
  • Strong hands-on experience with Octopus Deploy (process design, variables, multi-environment releases)
  • Strong Ansible skills for deployment and configuration (roles, vault/secrets, troubleshooting)
  • Strong working knowledge of GitHub (PR workflows, tagging/releases, permissions)
  • Understanding of CI/CD concepts (artifact management, versioning, promotion between environments)
  • Administration and troubleshooting skills on Windows and/or Linux hosts used for deployments
  • Ability to diagnose deployment issues across app, OS, network, and configuration layers
  • Experience with Terraform and infrastructure provisioning
  • Scripting: PowerShell and/or Bash
  • Monitoring/observability basics (Prometheus/Grafana, logs) to validate releases
  • Experience with IIS/.NET deployments, Nginx, or reverse proxies (depending on stack)
  • Familiarity with container-based deployments (Docker/Kubernetes)
  • Experience in managing VOIP components and protocols (SIP , FreeSwitch, OpenSIP, session border controllers)
  • Experience with load balancing components ( F5 LTM, F5 GTM)
  • Experience with administering AWS or Azure tenants
  • Experience with Virtualization platforms such as VMWare or HyperV
Similar roles

Keep a backup shortlist.

Browse stack
FocusDevOps EngineerRole area
Seniority signalMiddleCandidate level
StackAWS, Azure, CI/CDPrimary skills
Location1 accepted countryEligibility

Stack

Use these tags to compare similar remote roles.

Location eligibility

Candidates should apply only when their profile country is listed here.

Your profileCountry not setSign in to check your country against this role.

Hiring flow

WithMira shows the role, then sends candidates to the company application.

1Check role fit, stack, and location eligibility in WithMira.
2Open the company application page from the tracked apply link.
3Save the role or subscribe for similar opportunities before leaving.