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Software Engineer I/II – Release Engineering

Cubic Corporation Ashburn, VA

Ashburn, VA

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$92k - $105k/yr Full time Automation Build And Release CI/CD

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Job Description

Join a junior-to-mid-level role focused on owning and improving the release process for a distributed software platform in an onsite position in Ashburn, VA.

Responsibilities

Fix software defects and update dependencies to remediate security vulnerabilities.
Plan and deliver platform releases aligned to the broader product release schedule.
Coordinate versioning and release readiness across multiple repositories, services, deployment charts, container images, and supporting components.
Maintain release branches, tags, changelogs, release notes, and supporting documentation.
Develop and enhance CI/CD automation for compiling, testing, packaging, publishing, and deploying releases.
Validate releases in representative environments prior to promotion.
Verify compatibility across control-plane services, runtime components, platform adapters, shared contracts, and supported integrations.
Track dependency and component revisions included in each release.
Coordinate with engineers, product owners, quality teams, platform teams, and other stakeholders on release scope and timing.
Investigate failed builds, deployments, and release-validation test results.
Document known issues, upgrade requirements, rollback procedures, and operational considerations.
Create repeatable release checklists, quality gates, and readiness reporting.
Identify manual release steps and replace them with safe automation over time.
Support post-release verification and resolve or escalate release-related issues.

Requirements

Approximately 2 to 4 years of professional experience in software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or release engineering.
Ability to obtain a security clearance.
Working knowledge of Git including branching, tagging, pull requests, and structured versioning.
Experience using CI/CD systems and automated build or deployment pipelines.
Familiarity with containers and modern deployment environments.
Ability to read and troubleshoot code in at least one modern programming language.
Comfort working across multiple repositories and tracking dependency relationships between components.
Experience diagnosing failures in builds, tests, configuration, or deployments.
Strong written communication skills and attention to detail.
Ability to follow an established release process while proposing practical improvements.
Willingness to coordinate across multiple engineering teams and release schedules.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Kubernetes, deployment charts, container registries, and image promotion.
Familiarity with backend, frontend, or systems programming languages and frameworks.
Experience maintaining release notes, upgrade documentation, or deployment runbooks.
Familiarity with API contracts, service interfaces, and distributed systems.
Experience with integration or end-to-end testing in containerized environments.
Exposure to software supply-chain practices such as dependency scanning, artifact signing, SBOM generation, or vulnerability management.
Experience supporting coordinated releases across related products or platforms.

Technologies

Git
CI/CD
Containers
Kubernetes
Deployment charts
Container registries
SBOM
API contracts

Compensation

Salary: USD 92,000 - 105,000 per year
Pay range: $92,000.00 - $105,000.00 + benefits

Location & Work Type

Location: Ashburn, VA (onsite)
Worker type: Employee

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