SRE/DevOps Engineer

Job Summary (SRE/DevOps Engineer Chicago, IL) Design, build, configure, and support enterprise CI/CD delivery solutions for Java, .NET, Python, database, and Hadoop applications across both traditional and cloud-native environments. Configure and maintain CI/CD workflows, including naming conventions, security controls, approval processes, and artifact management. Enable application teams to adopt CI/CD automation and reduce manual deployment steps. Lead migrations from Digital.ai Release (XLR) to Harness and from Bitbucket pipelines to GitHub Actions. Develop and maintain multi-branch pipelines, reusable workflows, shared libraries, and standardized deployment frameworks. Implement consistent Git branching, pull request, release management, and environment-promotion practices. Troubleshoot end-to-end pipeline, package, deployment, and environment issues. Integrate automated testing, code quality checks (SonarQube), security scanning, approval workflows, secrets management, and artifact repositories into pipelines. Automate deployment, validation, rollback, and release-verification activities for supported platforms. Collaborate with development and release teams to migrate applications, resolve deployment issues, and support application releases. Manage and configure secrets (Vault), credential rotation, certificate provisioning/renewal, truststore management, and PKI integrations for secure deployments. Support Kerberos authentication and keytab management for secure service-to-service communication. Utilize scripting languages (Groovy, Python, Bash, PowerShell) to build automation and monitoring utilities for CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and operational metrics. Configure and manage artifact repositories (Artifactory/Nexus) and use tools like Ansible for deployment automation. Deploy and support applications on platforms including WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, IIS, containers (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift). Implement and utilize monitoring solutions (Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana) to ensure application and pipeline health. (Preferred) Design CI/CD solutions for MuleSoft APIs, Pega, and other enterprise integration/workflow platforms. (Preferred) Embed policy, compliance, and governance controls into pipelines. (Preferred) Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot. Summary This role is focused on building and supporting robust, secure, automated, and modern CI/CD pipelines and deployment solutions using industry-leading tools, with responsibility for migration, automation, troubleshooting, and collaboration across multiple application and infrastructure platforms.