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Role Summary
The SAP Release Engineer is responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing SAP releases across a complex, multi-system SAP landscape. This role ensures reliable, compliant, and predictable deployments while partnering closely with Application Development, Basis, Security, Testing, and Business stakeholders. The Release Engineer owns the end-to-end release lifecycle, including release calendars, change governance, deployment execution, and post-release stabilization.
Key Responsibilities:
Release Planning & Coordination
Own and manage the SAP release, including monthly, tri-annual, and emergency releases across production and non-production environments.
Plan release scope, deployment sequencing, cutover activities, and rollback strategies.
Coordinate releases across multiple SAP platforms (ECC, S/4HANA, BW, PI/CPI, SolMan, GRC, ATTP, integrations, and non-SAP dependencies).
Change & Transport Management
Manage SAP Change and Release Management (ChaRM) processes in SAP Solution Manager.
Ensure all transports follow defined governance, approvals,



and audit requirements.
Partner with CAB and Change Management teams to review, approve, and schedule changes (standard, normal, and emergency).
Deployment Execution
Lead and execute production and non-production deployments, including off-hours and weekend releases when required.
Coordinate with SAP Basis, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure environment readiness.
Oversee automated and manual deployments using tools such as ChaRM, TMS/CTS+, Jenkins pipelines, and related tooling.
Stakeholder Communication
Serve as the primary point of contact for release communications.
Publish release schedules, deployment notices, release notes, and post-release summaries.
Provide transparent status updates to IT leadership, business partners, and support teams before, during, and after releases.
Post-Release & Stability
Monitor systems post-deployment to ensure stability and rapid issue resolution.
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