
Release Engineer_Director_Software Engineering
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collaborate with a 24/7 team of Release and Change Engineers across multiple locations and regions, partnering with Application Development, Technology Delivery Management, and other areas.
- Manage key aspects of releases and changes throughout their life cycle, including production fixes, BAU, mandatory projects, and large technology change events.
- Ensure proper monitoring, management reporting, and governance to support delivery efforts.
- Perform deployment analysis and schedule deployment tasks, creating consolidated implementation plans for approved and aligned changes.
- Analyze risks associated with change events and determine mitigation plans for successful delivery.
- Provide oversight and support for all Change Execution Activities, ensuring changes remain on track and are delivered on time.
- Manage communication around each change event and provide metrics and status reporting before, during, and after change windows.
- Handle issues and risks during change windows, escalating to the right stakeholders as needed.
- Schedule and manage RFB Checkouts in alignment with Change Risk Assessment, transitioning the environment to ASG via formalized handshake post-change event.
- Perform post-release evaluations and retrospectives to address issues, ensure closure of action items, and communicate findings through comprehensive reporting.
- Proficient in fostering agreement and driving solutions through effective negotiation and persuasion
- Experience creating executive presentation and summary documents and presenting to senior executives.
- Experience communicating with all levels of the organization, including internal and external audit teams and risk teams.
- Proven ability to act and deliver under pressure, and drive multiple programs simultaneously, switching priorities, as necessary.
- Understanding of the Information technology risk landscape in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
- In-depth knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and MS Office Products
- Hands-on experience managing meetings and other result-oriented activities, drive outcomes and establish accountability.
- Ability to create program roadmaps, manage the program work, direct team resources, and deliver as per the roadmap in a timely fashion.
- BS/MS or equivalent, preferably in quantitative discipline (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, EE, Math, Physics)