Principal Release Engineer, Complex Transformation

Role Overview

• Lead and orchestrate end-to-end release management, cutover planning, and environment strategy across large-scale, multi-platform enterprise transformation programs
• Own and drive the end-to-end release management lifecycle for complex, multi-platform transformation programs
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive release calendar coordinating deployments across all platforms (Salesforce, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion, Clarify, Azure, Varicent, etc.)
• Design and execute detailed cutover plans including runbooks, rollback strategies, go/no-go checkpoints, and communication plans
• Lead cutover war rooms and serve as the primary orchestrator during major release events
• Establish release governance frameworks including release readiness reviews, change advisory boards, and approval workflows
• Define and track release KPIs/metrics (e.g., deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR)
• Design and implement an enterprise environment strategy encompassing DEV, SIT, UAT, Pre-Prod, Performance, Staging, and Production environments across all platforms
• Define and manage environment refresh strategies and schedules, including data masking/anonymization requirements
• Maintain a centralized environment inventory and calendar to manage environment availability, bookings, and conflict resolution
• Establish environmental provisioning and decommissioning standards and processes
• Ensure environmental parity and configuration consistency across lower and higher environments
• Manage environment-related dependencies, integrations, and data flows between platforms
• Serve as the primary liaison between SRE teams across multiple platforms, ensuring alignment on deployment windows, infrastructure readiness, and operational handoffs
• Coordinate with platform-specific release engineers (Salesforce admins, Oracle DBAs, Azure DevOps engineers, etc.) to synchronize interdependent releases
• Partner with SRE teams to define and enforce SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs for environmental uptime and release stability
• Drive infrastructure and environment readiness activities ahead of major releases
• Facilitate cross-team dependency mapping and impact analysis for integrated releases
• Establish and continuously improve release management frameworks aligned with ITIL, SAFe, or DevOps best practices
• Lead the technical roadmap for release engineering, making architectural decisions that impact the entire engineering organization
• Build tooling and frameworks that improve developer productivity, deployment velocity, and system reliability
• Establish release processes and standards that ensure safe, frequent deployments to production
• Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate release automation into their workflows
• Monitor and optimize build times, test execution, and deployment performance
• Design rollback strategies, feature flagging systems, and progressive delivery mechanisms
• Implement and maintain tooling and automation for release tracking, environment management, and deployment orchestration (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, etc.)
• Drive adoption of CI/CD practices where applicable across the program landscape
• Conduct post-release reviews (PIRs) and drive continuous improvement actions
• Maintain comprehensive RACI matrices and process documentation

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in IT with at least 10+ years in Release Management, Environment Management, or related roles
• 8+ years of experience managing releases in complex, multi-platform enterprise transformation programs
• Demonstrated experience with 3 or more of the following platforms: Salesforce, Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion Suite/Cloud, Clarify, Microsoft Azure, Varicent (or similar SPM/ICM tools)
• Deep understanding of cutover planning and execution for large-scale, multi-workstream go-lives
• Strong experience in designing and managing environmental strategies across heterogeneous technology landscapes
• Proven track record of coordinating with SRE/DevOps/Infrastructure teams across multiple platforms
• Hands-on experience with release management and ITSM tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code concepts
• Experience with cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and hybrid on-premises/cloud architectures

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Google Cloud Platform
• ITSM
• Oracle
• ServiceNow

Benefits

• Incentive compensation
• Bonus
• Restricted stock units
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development