Release Automation Engineer in Eastleigh, Hampshire

Ageas Insurance is looking for a Release Automation Engineer, who will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks to support scalable, secure and efficient software delivery. The Release Automation Engineer will contribute to Ageas' platform engineering approach, enabling reusable automation patterns and promoting self-service capabilities across development teams.

Main Responsibilities:

• Design and evolve CI/CD pipelines to support cloud-native applications and hybrid environments.
• Develop and maintain automation tooling that enables self-service deployment & testing capabilities for development teams.
• Contribute to a culture of innovation and excellence by promoting experimentation, rapid prototyping, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
• Support the evolution of automation maturity by adopting modern engineering approaches and challenging conventional delivery methods.
• Monitor the health and performance of CI/CD infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and pipeline design.
• Strong understanding of platform engineering principles and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Container Registry, and Azure Functions.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Effective communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

At Ageas we offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your family inside and outside of work, which helped us achieve Top Employer status in the UK. Here are some of the benefits you can enjoy at Ageas:

• Flexible Working: Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (as long as it’s within the UK) and, for many of our roles, flexibility within the working day to manage other commitments, such as school drop offs etc. We also offer all our vacancies part-time/job-shares.
• Supporting your Health: Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aiders, Well Being Activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth: 50% off esure and Sheilas' Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings, Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work: Well-being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events and more.
• Supporting you and your Family: Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay and paternity/non-pregnant parent/co-adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them: Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech: Deals on various gadgets including Wearables, Tablets and Laptops.
• Getting around: Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting you back to work: Return to work programme after maternity leave.

About Ageas: We are one of the largest car and home insurers in the UK. Our People help Ageas to be a thriving, creative and innovative place to work. We show this in the service we provide to over four million customers. As an inclusive employer, we encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. That means if you are applying for a job with us, you will have fair access to support and adjustments throughout your recruitment experience. If the list does not cover the support you need, please contact our Recruitment Team to discuss how they can help. We also guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. We have a zero-tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism. Our aim is to have great people everywhere in our business and we’re always looking for outstanding people to join us. Most roles across Ageas allow a proportion of your time to be spent working from home and we’re open to discussing flexible working, including full-time, part-time or job share arrangements.