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
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