Change & Release Management Engineer

Project description

We are seeking an experienced Change Release Management Specialist to oversee and coordinate application changes and releases across multiple environments in a large enterprise services environment. The role focuses on managing the release lifecycle, ensuring smooth deployments, and collaborating closely with Release Managers, Application Teams, and Service Teams to support automation-driven processes. You need to have strong experience in release planning, process automation, configuration management, and enterprise-level deployments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all application changes and releases across non-production and production environments
• Collaborate with Release Managers, Application, Platform, and DevOps teams to integrate automated release workflows
• Support CI/CD-driven release pipelines and perform minor automation enhancements using Python and YAML, and implement runbook improvements
• Ensure all releases follow change management policies, approvals, and audit requirements
• Provision and manage cloud-based environments and containerized applications (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman) as part of the release process
• Manage security and compliance scans (Checkmarx secrets, vulnerability checks, internal tools) as part of releases
• Monitor logging and observability using cloud-native tools and Splunk
• Maintain detailed documentation for releases, runbooks, automation processes, and SOPs
• Perform ad-hoc operational, release-related, and automation tasks as required
• Participate in shift-based support for critical releases or environments
• Explore AI-driven automation and process improvements to optimize release reliability and efficiency

Skills

Must have

• 5+ years of experience in Change Release Management for enterprise applications (IBM / financial services)
• Strong knowledge of Release Management, Change Management, Configuration Management, and Problem/Incident Management
• Hands-on experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation workflows
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar) and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman)
• Ability to perform minor enhancements or scripts using Python and YAML in the release pipeline
• Experience with source control systems (GitLab, Git) and build/deployment scripts
• Solid understanding of databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and ability to integrate DB automation into releases
• Experience integrating security and compliance scans into release processes
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (cloud-native + Splunk)
• Experience documenting processes using Confluence, Jira, or similar tools
• Familiarity with AI-driven automation concepts in release and deployment processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have

• Understanding of ITIL processes is a plus