Engineer

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills* Release & Deployment Management ToolsExperience with tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub/GitLab, and release scheduling platforms to manage release artifacts and traceability.* CI/CD & DevOps ConceptsStrong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, environment promotion strategies, and rollback mechanisms.* Environment & Infrastructure KnowledgeWorking knowledge of cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and/or on-prem environments, including application, middleware, database, and infrastructure dependencies.* Change & Configuration ManagementFamiliarity with ITIL change management, configuration items (CIs), release controls, and audit evidence requirements.* Application Architecture AwarenessAbility to understand application architectures, integrations, APIs, batch jobs, databases, and dependency impacts during releases.* Monitoring & Incident AwarenessUnderstanding of monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, CloudWatch) and how release changes can impact system stability.* Documentation & Compliance ToolsExperience creating and maintaining runbooks, implementation plans, release notes, and audit documentation.Roles & ResponsibilitiesLead and coordinate the end-to-end production release process across multiple Agile development teams and supporting platform or environment teams.Own release planning, requirements gathering, and execution, collaborating with engineering, infrastructure, SRE, DBA, and other enterprise stakeholders to ensure successful deployments.Schedule, manage, and facilitate production releases, serving as the primary point of contact for status updates and executive communications throughout the release lifecycle.Design, manage, and maintain the release ticketing and change management process, ensuring all implementation plans, testing evidence, approvals, and required documentation are complete and accurate.Partner with deployment and technical team leads to obtain required approvals and present change requests to formal change governance or CAB forums for authorization. · Ensure all work items, release artifacts, and dependencies are properly tracked in project management tools to maintain full traceability and transparency.Enforce adherence to audit, risk, and control requirements, ensuring release processes consistently meet internal governance and compliance standards.Collaborate with business, readiness, and operations teams to support post-release activities, including hypercare, incident management, and issue resolution.Support large, cross-team or cross-program releases, contributing to process improvements, standardization, and continuous optimization of release and change management practicesSalary Range: $95,000 - $105,000 a year