Position: Release Engineer

Company:
Proofpoint is seeking a Senior Build/Release Engineer to join its
Engineering team. This position will report to the Manager of
Engineering Services and will play a critical role within the
organization by bringing consistency, reproducibility, and verifiability
to the build and release cycle for a variety of Proofpoint products.
This person will be responsible for the build services for a variety of
releases. They will assist in and add new components to the build,
develop release upgrade scripting, and develop and improve tools to
automate, monitor, and streamline the build process.

Duties:
- Develop and maintain the build infrastructure (Maven, Hudson, make)
- Add new components to the build
- Acquire and release tools and packages
- Improve the build process and infrastructure
- Control branching and subversion merges

Requirements:
- 7-10 years experience, at least 3 years in build/release management
- Good experience with Perl
- Highly detail-oriented
- Good production environment experience
- Flexible
- Excellent time management skills
- Expert scripting ability in sh/bash and perl
- Extensive experience with Maven, make, Subversion
- Develop upgrade scripts (bash + perl) - nice to have
- UI development experience - nice to have

Nice to have:
- Knowledge of Hudson

Proofpoint offers a full benefit package including 3 weeks vacation and
stock.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully
discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin ancestry, age, medical condition,
disability, veteran status, marital status, or other pro

Contact:
Mail to - engineeringjobs AT proofpoint DOT com