Hybrid Principal Release Engineer, Complex Transformation

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About the role

  • Principal Release Engineer leading and orchestrating end-to-end release management at F5. Driving cross-platform coordination and ensuring seamless releases across enterprise transformation programs.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Benefits

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

Job title

Principal Release Engineer, Complex Transformation

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$186,400 - $279,600 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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