Job Information
Topgolf Principle Release Engineer in Dallas Office, Texas
Overview
Topgolf is seeking a Principal DevOps / Release Engineer to help launch amazing features for the best Player experience in town.The purpose of the role is to ramp up and develop automated deployment practices to assure a high level of quality for software releases and new venue configuration and deployment. You will work closely with QA and Development to facilitate the deployment through our superhero-themed environments to production. You should be detail-oriented and flexible with hours (deployments can occur early or late in the day). This role is expected to design and implement solutions that are scalable, flexible, secure and bullet proof. They also are expected to keep up with the latest technologies and innovations in the industry and to help apply them to our systems.
Responsibilities
Proactively identifies, recommends, designs and implements processes, technologies and other improvements
Design, Build and maintain a Continuous Integration/Deployment pipeline using tools such as Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes
Design, develop and maintain Infrastructure and Configuration Management automation using tools such as Terraform, Puppet and Ansible
Solve operational problems with a software engineer mindset using Agile SDLC methodologies
Technically lead a team of release engineers by educating them on new technologies, coordinating with them on architecture designs, breaking down work into manageable stories and tasks
Create and maintain multiple test environments, ensuring that these environments are properly setup, configured, and available for each project as scheduled
Trace complex build problems, release issues and environment issues in a multi-component environment
Manage, deploy and support multiple concurrent releases through various test and production environments
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, required
14+ years Software engineering, release engineering and/or configuration management
7+ years Source control tool experience (eg. Git, SVN)
7+ years Infrastructure automation tool/s (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
7+ years Build automation experience (e.g. Jenkins, TravisCI, Drone, etc.)
5+ years Experience designing and implementing complex CI/CD pipelines
5+ years Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
3+ years Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Strong Linux skills—you aren’t afraid of the command line
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes: building images from scratch, creating and deploying helm charts, deploying bullet proof clusters and applications, etc
Desire to stay up to date on the latest technologies and trends in the industry and the ability to design/architect ways for Topgolf to take advantage of these new innovations
Experience with a variety of programming and scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, Python and Go
Desire and ability to share knowledge with others, educating them on best practices and new ideas and processes
A solid understanding of Agile SDLC methodologies and Continuous Integration/Delivery practices
Flexibility to work early shift (occasional start time at 6:00am)
Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Travel up to 5%. May require very few trips to our test lab/s and/or local production venues, no long distance or overnight travel required.
ADA
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
EEO Statement
Topgolf is a global sports and entertainment community and is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. As an affirmative action employer, Topgolf also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve.
Topgolf is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.
Topgolf Entertainment Group does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, employees or Human Resources. Topgolf will not pay fees for unsolicited agency resumes and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Topgolf Entertainment Group and will be processed accordingly without fee.
Topgolf participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field, required
14+ years Software engineering, release engineering and/or configuration management
7+ years Source control tool experience (eg. Git, SVN)
7+ years Infrastructure automation tool/s (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
7+ years Build automation experience (e.g. Jenkins, TravisCI, Drone, etc.)
5+ years Experience designing and implementing complex CI/CD pipelines
5+ years Experience with Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
3+ years Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Strong Linux skills—you aren’t afraid of the command line
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes: building images from scratch, creating and deploying helm charts, deploying bullet proof clusters and applications, etc
Desire to stay up to date on the latest technologies and trends in the industry and the ability to design/architect ways for Topgolf to take advantage of these new innovations
Experience with a variety of programming and scripting languages such as Bash, Ruby, Python and Go
Desire and ability to share knowledge with others, educating them on best practices and new ideas and processes
A solid understanding of Agile SDLC methodologies and Continuous Integration/Delivery practices
Flexibility to work early shift (occasional start time at 6:00am)
Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Travel up to 5%. May require very few trips to our test lab/s and/or local production venues, no long distance or overnight travel required.
ADA
The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.
EEO Statement
Topgolf is a global sports and entertainment community and is committed to equal opportunity and is firmly committed to preventing discrimination and harassment, including sexual misconduct, based on legally protected diversity characteristics (such as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, citizenship, genetic information and veteran status) in its application and hiring processes and in its employment decisions. As an affirmative action employer, Topgolf also takes steps to prevent retaliation and to create a respectful, equitable and inclusive environment for our Guests, Associates, business partners, vendors, and the communities we serve.
Topgolf is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, genetics or any other category protected under applicable law.
Topgolf Entertainment Group does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our website, employees or Human Resources. Topgolf will not pay fees for unsolicited agency resumes and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes received will be considered property of Topgolf Entertainment Group and will be processed accordingly without fee.
Topgolf participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Proactively identifies, recommends, designs and implements processes, technologies and other improvements
Design, Build and maintain a Continuous Integration/Deployment pipeline using tools such as Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes
Design, develop and maintain Infrastructure and Configuration Management automation using tools such as Terraform, Puppet and Ansible
Solve operational problems with a software engineer mindset using Agile SDLC methodologies
Technically lead a team of release engineers by educating them on new technologies, coordinating with them on architecture designs, breaking down work into manageable stories and tasks
Create and maintain multiple test environments, ensuring that these environments are properly setup, configured, and available for each project as scheduled
Trace complex build problems, release issues and environment issues in a multi-component environment
Manage, deploy and support multiple concurrent releases through various test and production environments