Job Description
Job Summary:
As a Software Release Engineer, you will play a critical role in managing, planning, and coordinating software and firmware release activities across development and infrastructure teams. You will implement and refine end-to-end release management processes, oversee scheduling, and facilitate communication to deliver high-quality software releases efficiently and securely. You'll collaborate closely with security staff to ensure proper access controls for all source code management (SCM) systems, and partner with Global Information Technology to manage and maintain build and release infrastructure in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and legacy data centers.
Key Responsibilities:
Release Management: Oversee the entire software/firmware release lifecycle, from planning through deployment, ensuring release activities are efficient, timely, and well-documented.
Automation: Develop and maintain scripts and tools to automate build, testing, and deployment processes, driving efficiencies and minimizing manual steps.
Build & Deploy: Ensure smooth compilation, versioning, and deployment of code across multiple environments, including production.
Configuration Management: Implement and maintain robust configuration management processes to ensure consistency and reliability.
Troubleshooting : Quickly identify, diagnose, and resolve issues throughout the release process, minimizing impact on delivery timelines.
Collaboration: Work with development, QA, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless, secure releases and unified processes.
Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities to optimize release workflows, tools, and practices for reliability and scalability.
Documentation: Prepare and maintain release notes, technical documentation, and process guidelines as part of each release cycle.
Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor releases post-deployment and provide reporting on key release metrics and application performance.
Stay Current: Stay abreast of new trends and best practices in release engineering, automation, and security.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), release management methodologies, and CI/CD pipelines.
Hands-on experience with automation and build systems such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc., and expert proficiency in version control systems (preferably Git).
Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Shell) and familiar with configuration management/infrastructure-as-code tools (such as Ansible, Terraform).
Experience working within Agile and/or DevOps frameworks (e.g. JIRA).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving release and deployment issues.
Exceptional attention to detail in planning, coordination, documentation, and scheduling.
Mandatory knowledge of Git/SCM branching strategies and transitioning release engineering tools/services to cloud environments (preferably OCI).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience supporting highly available, complex, enterprise infrastructure.
Familiarity with release management for SaaS, PaaS, or large-scale distributed systems.
Knowledge of security practices related to release and deployment workflows.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Release Management: Oversee the entire software/firmware release lifecycle, from planning through deployment, ensuring release activities are efficient, timely, and well-documented.
Automation: Develop and maintain scripts and tools to automate build, testing, and deployment processes, driving efficiencies and minimizing manual steps.
Build & Deploy: Ensure smooth compilation, versioning, and deployment of code across multiple environments, including production.
Configuration Management: Implement and maintain robust configuration management processes to ensure consistency and reliability.
Troubleshooting: Quickly identify, diagnose, and resolve issues throughout the release process, minimizing impact on delivery timelines.
Collaboration: Work with development, QA, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless, secure releases and unified processes.
Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify opportunities to optimize release workflows, tools, and practices for reliability and scalability.
Documentation: Prepare and maintain release notes, technical documentation, and process guidelines as part of each release cycle.
Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor releases post-deployment and provide reporting on key release metrics and application performance.
Stay Current: Stay abreast of new trends and best practices in release engineering, automation, and security.
Disclaimer:
Certain US customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $96,800 to $223,400 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business.
Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
Short term disability and long term disability
Life insurance and AD&D
Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
11 paid holidays
Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial planning and group legal
Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4
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