Release Engineer (DevOps / Release Operations)

About the role

A Release Operations / DevOps Engineer is needed to support software release and deployment in a large-scale production environment. The role covers monitoring CI/CD pipelines, troubleshooting release failures, performing remediation, coordinating release schedules and keeping deployments smooth and reliable.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor CI/CD pipelines, build progress, deployment status and automated test results.
• Respond promptly to release alerts and investigate pipeline or deployment failures.
• Review logs, exceptions, build outputs and test failures to find root causes, classifying issues as infrastructure, application, capacity or intermittent/test-related.
• Perform standard remediation using documented runbooks, including retrying failed deployment steps where appropriate.
• Coordinate releases around upstream dependencies, maintenance windows and code freezes, and monitor timelines for early signs of delay or risk.
• Maintain and update operational runbooks, troubleshooting procedures and remediation steps.
• Ensure rollback procedures are understood and available before higher-risk releases.
• Prepare shift handover reports and daily/weekly operational summaries, and escalate complex issues with full details.
• Identify recurring release issues and trends for investigation by senior technical teams.

Required profile

• 4-6 years of hands-on experience or a good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and software deployment.
• Experience with web infrastructure, production environments or large-scale systems is an advantage; Systems Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Production Support or Release Engineering experience is also advantageous.
• Strong written and verbal communication, able to write structured operational reports and give clear technical escalations.
• Calm under pressure, detail-oriented, quick learner and able to adapt to new tools and processes.

Required skills

• Linux and command-line tools, and reviewing system and application logs.
• Basic version control knowledge (branches, merges, reverts).
• Ability to interpret build, deployment and test failures, with good troubleshooting, debugging and root cause analysis skills.