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 solid 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 (IB&M; / 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

Mandatory skills: Devops, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CICD automation, Artifactory, Docker Kubernetes, AWS for Change Mgmt and release management with banking domain,.

Nice to have

Understanding of ITIL processes is a plus

Other

Languages

English: C2 Proficient

Seniority

Regular

Pune, India

Req. VR-120682

Technical Support (SL2)

BCM Industry

29/07/2026

Req. VR-120682

📌 Change & Release Management Engineer (India)
🏢 Luxoft
📍 India