Hays Italy, part of the multinational Hays group, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, which offers consulting services in the Information Technology sector with the aim of contributing to the success and technological progress of individuals and companies, is looking for aRelease Train & DevOps Engineer
who will be responsible for managing the end-to-end value flow across multiple development teams & acting as a servant leader & facilitator, ensuring continuous & high-quality releases aligned with business objectives.
Field: cybersecurity & advanced digital defense solutions
Key Responsibilities
Facilitation & Coordination
Lead & facilitate key SAFe/Agile events, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, System Demo & Inspect & Adapt (I&A;)
Serve as the central communication point between development teams, Product Management, stakeholders & internal departments
Manage & optimize the value stream through the Agile Release Train (ART), leveraging tools such as YouTrack for tracking features, dependencies & program backlog
DevOps & CI/CD
Support development teams in defining, maintaining & improving CI/CD pipelines
Oversee integration & usage of tools for automated builds & deployments (Jenkins) & for artifact management & versioning (JFrog Artifactory)
Promote DevOps best practices, automation & IaC principles
Quality Assurance & Performance
Collaborate with QA teams to ensure comprehensive test planning & execution using TestRail for test case management & reporting
Support performance engineering by integrating & managing load & stress testing (JMeter)
Define & monitor key metrics related to quality, stability & performance
Release Management & Communication
Manage the overall release plan, coordinating all activities from development through production deployment
Ensure timely & accurate creation & distribution of release notes, documenting new features, fixes & release details
Core technical skills
Agile Frameworks: Scrum, Kanban or SAFe (strongly preferred)
Project/Issue Tracking: YouTrack, Jira or Azure DevOps
CI/CD Automation: Jenkins, GitLab CI or CircleCI
Artifact Management: JFrog Artifactory or Nexus
Test Management: TestRail, Zephyr or Xray
Performance Testing: JMeter or other load testing tools
IaC: Terraform, Ansible or CloudFormation
Version Control: Git, GitLab or GitHub
Requirements
5+ years of experience in Agile leadership roles (RTE, Senior Scrum Master or Agile DevOps Lead)
Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks & Scaled Agile (SAFe) methodologies
Hands-on experience in managing CI/CD pipelines & DevOps automation
Deep understanding of branching strategies, automated testing & continuous deployment processes
Ability to analyze & optimize end-to-end development flow from planning to release
Excellent communication, negotiation & conflict management skills, to connect technical teams & business stakeholders to ensure a consistent & high-quality value stream
Location: hybrid 2/5 – Rome
Freelancers are highly welcomed too
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Hays Solutions S.r.l. Sole Shareholder Company.
Subject to the management and coordination of Hays Plc.