Release Engineer

 Posted 13 hours ago
  
 Canada
  
2-5 years experience
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AI Summary

Manage end-to-end release planning and execution for data and BI teams, including the creation of SOPs and deployment checklists. Act as the primary liaison between engineering teams and L1/L2/L3 support to ensure smooth go-lives and incident resolution.
Roles & Responsibilities Release Planning & Execution
  • Plan, coordinate, and manage releases across data and BI teams
  • Maintain the release calendar and communicate timelines to stakeholders.
  • Track release readiness, manage dependencies, and drive go/no-go decisions.
  • Coordinate deployments across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production environments.
Documentation & Process
  • Create and maintain Release SOPs, runbooks, deployment checklists, and rollback plans.
  • Develop and enforce documentation standards for data releases, pipelines, and BI reports.
  • Author process guidelines for change management, version control, and release approvals.
  • Maintain up-to-date release notes and post-deployment summaries for stakeholders.
Support Team Collaboration (L1 / L2 / L3)
  • Act as the primary bridge between engineering/delivery teams and L1, L2, L3 support.
  • Facilitate knowledge transfer to support teams prior to each release.
  • Ensure support runbooks and escalation paths are updated for every release.
  • Track and triage post-release incidents and coordinate resolution with the appropriate support tier.
Agile & Delivery
  • Participate in sprint planning, retrospectives, and release reviews.
  • Maintain release backlogs and track items through the Agile delivery cycle.
  • Identify and mitigate release risks; escalate blockers proactively.

 

Key Skills
  • 3–6 years of experience in release management or a delivery/coordination role.
  • Hands-on experience managing data or BI releases (migrations, ETL, pipelines, reports).
  • Proven ability to write clear SOPs, process guides, runbooks, and technical documentation.
  • Experience working with L1, L2, and L3 support teams in a structured ITSM environment.
  • Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum — ceremonies, sprint rhythms, and release trains.
  • Familiarity with data modernization concepts: cloud migration, data warehousing, BI platforms.
  • Strong communication skills — able to translate technical details for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Proficient in JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, or similar tools.

 

Good to Have
  • ★ Insurance domain experience
  • ★ Exposure to USCIS or government data programs and compliance requirements.
  • ★ Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Snowflake
  • ★ Knowledge of BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI
  • ★ Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps release practices.
  • ★ ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent.
  • ★ Experience in managed services or outsourced delivery models.

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