REQT: Direct Client: Release Engineer @ New York -Hybrid

Release Engineer

New York -Hybrid

One Year Contract

Looking for the candidates who can work without any visa sponsorship.

Position Description

The “Release Engineer” role is a highly visible and critical role, which will be leveraged for managing the Release and Change aspects of SDLC. This person will be responsible for releases from end to end and performing change management on all changes going into production, while ensuring policy compliance and proper risk assessment. The right candidate will have a keen focus on managing risk associated with changes in a dynamic environment. This candidate will understand the managed release environment, and ability to collaborate with globally dispersed teams. This candidate will have a deep understanding of branching strategies, CI/CD pipeline management, Code build management and versioning, and deployment methodologies.

The right candidate will have a keen focus on managing risk associated with changes in a dynamic environment (~120K changes per year).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a global 24/7 team of Release and Change Engineers across multiple regions.
• Manage releases and changes throughout their lifecycle, including BAU work, production fixes, mandatory initiatives, and large technology change events.
• Ensure appropriate governance, monitoring, and management reporting to support delivery efforts.
• Perform deployment analysis and scheduling, creating consolidated implementation plans for approved changes.
• Analyze risks associated with change events and define mitigation strategies for successful delivery.
• Provide oversight for change execution activities to ensure changes remain on track and are delivered on time.
• Manage communications, metrics, and status reporting before, during, and after change windows.
• Handle risks and issues during change windows, escalating to stakeholders as needed.
• Schedule and manage RFB checkouts and post-change environment handoffs.
• Conduct post-release reviews and retrospectives, ensuring closure of action items and transparent reporting.

Primary Skills

• Proficient in fostering agreement and driving solutions through effective negotiation and persuasion.
• Experience in creating and facilitating executive presentations and summary documents.
• 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.
• 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, driving outcomes and establishing accountability.
• Ability to create program roadmaps, manage the program work, direct team resources, and deliver as per the roadmap.
• BS/MS or equivalent, preferably in a quantitative discipline.