We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Release Engineering Architect to establish and lead the organization's Release Management capability. This role will define enterprise release strategy, governance, processes, and automation while building a high-performing team that delivers predictable, secure, and reliable software releases across multiple applications, platforms, and cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and implement enterprise-wide Release Management strategy, standards, and governance.
- Build and lead the Release Management Office (RMO), including Release Managers and Coordinators.
- Plan, coordinate, and oversee enterprise releases across multiple applications and environments.
- Drive release readiness, Go/No-Go decisions, deployment planning, and rollback strategies.
- Partner with Engineering, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, Security, QA, and Business teams to ensure successful releases.
- Establish release KPIs, dashboards, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive automation across CI/CD pipelines and promote DevSecOps best practices.
- Manage release risks, dependencies, compliance requirements, and production stability.

Required Experience

- 18+ years of experience in Enterprise IT.
- 5+ years leading Enterprise Release Management functions.
- Proven experience building Release Management capabilities from the ground up.
- Strong experience managing large-scale, multi-application releases.
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.




- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Experience in Banking, Financial Services, or Insurance is preferred.

Technical Skills

- Enterprise Release Management
- DevSecOps and CI/CD
- Environment and Change Management
- ServiceNow, Jira, Git
- Release Automation and Deployment Orchestration
- OCI (mandatory), AWS/Azure/GCP exposure preferred
- Kubernetes and container platforms
- Blue-Green, Canary deployments, and rollback strategies
- Nexus/Artifactory and Observability platforms

Leadership Skills

- Strategic thinking and governance design
- Team building and mentoring
- Strong planning and decision-making abilities
- Executive-level communication and stakeholder management
- Ability to lead during critical production events

Success Measures (First 3 Months)

- Establish enterprise Release Management framework and governance.
- Build and operationalize the Release Management Office.
- Improve release predictability and deployment success rates.
- Reduce manual release effort through automation.
- Deliver executive dashboards and release health metrics.
- Drive measurable improvements in release maturity across the organization.

Preferred Certifications

- ITIL 4
- Secure Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- PMP or PRINCE2
- Scrum Master Certification
- OCI, Azure, or AWS Certifications
- DevOps Institute Certifications

Work Location: Riyadh( long term onsite ) Base Location: Bangalore or Chennai

Passport: Mandatory

📌 Enterprise Release Engineering Architect | Release Management | DevSec (Bengaluru)
🏢 Maveric
📍 Bengaluru