At #Cognizant, we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital industry worldwide. A company where we look for people who contribute new insights, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant, we promote an inclusive culture where we value different perspectives.
We are currently looking for a Release Engineer to join our growing team.
What you´ll do
The Release Engineer will own the complete release lifecycle which includes the scheduling, coordination, and management of releases across the organization for various in-house developed and 3rd Party. Collaborate across functional project teams including product, development, QA, and DevOps as required to successfully deliver releases to production in a timely manner.
Key Responsibilities:
- Schedule, coordinate, manage and deploy software releases.
- Manage risks and resolve challenges that impact release scope, quality, and schedules.
- Lead product deployments during designated off-peak hours.
- Continually analyze and adjust the release process to meet the growing needs of the organization.
- Produce deployment, implementation, and run-book plans.
- Plan and communicate the release calendar by working closely with a cross-functional group of representatives.
- Assist Product Owners in identifying and managing inter-dependencies and timing concerns to ensure seamless delivery.
- Work with Product Management to ensure roadmaps seamlessly align with release schedules.
- Work with relevant development teams to add, improve, and refine processes and automation tools.
- Manage organizational release readiness by working with the various technical and business departments.
- Measure and supervise delivery progress to ensure software releases are delivered on time and meet or go above and beyond.
- Facilitate release meetings, release readiness reviews, go/no-go meetings, and retrospectives.
- Maintain documentation related to procedures on the build and release processes.
- Maintain CMDB Mappings and maintenance.
- AVEKSA Automation and Recertifications
- Password updates for ALL applications - incudes Inhouse applications
- App Dynamics configurations and monitoring
Necessary skills and experience required:
- 7+ years of experience in software release management for enterprise SaaS applications and in-house developed applications preferred.
- Detailed understanding of deployment, configuration, testing and release management processes based on agile software delivery principles.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines including tools like GitHUB, and Jenkins preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate release plans and dependencies to business stakeholders and technical personnel.
- Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and/or other collaboration software systems preferred.
What do we value?
People with initiative and responsibility, who have strong technical skills, good diction and excellent treatment with the client. We will also value detail-oriented people.
Why Cognizant?
- A career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide.
- Ongoing support and funding with training and development plans.
- Opportunity to work for leading global companies.
- Our work environment is diverse, collaborative and inclusive. We build conditions for everyone to thrive.
- A highly competitive salary and great benefits, such as OSDE for you and your primary family group, annual bonus and many other benefits that we are going to share during the selection process.
Location: Bogotá, Colombia.
Shift: Full time.
Are you ready?
Join our team!
La comunidad de Cognizant:
Somos un equipo de alto calibre que se aprecia y se apoya mutuamente. Nuestra gente defiende un lugar de trabajo enérgico, colaborativo e inclusivo donde todos puedan prosperar.
- Cognizant es una comunidad global con más de 300.000 asociados en todo el mundo.
- No solo soñamos con una mejor manera, sino que la hacemos realidad.
- Cuidamos a nuestra gente, clientes, empresas, comunidades y el clima haciendo lo correcto.
- Fomentamos un entorno innovador en el que puedes construir la trayectoria profesional adecuada para ti.
Sobre nosotros:
Cognizant es una de las principales empresas de servicios profesionales del mundo, transformando los modelos comerciales, operativos y tecnológicos de los clientes para la era digital. Nuestro enfoque consultivo único basado en la industria ayuda a los clientes a visualizar, construir y ejecutar negocios más innovadores y eficientes. Con sede en los Estados Unidos, Cognizant (miembro del NASDAQ-100 y uno de los Mejores Empleadores Mundiales de Forbes 2024) figura constantemente entre las empresas más admiradas del mundo. Descubre cómo Cognizant ayuda a los clientes a liderar con lo digital en nuestro sitio
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Disclaimer:
La información de compensación es precisa a la fecha de esta publicación. Cognizant se reserva el derecho de modificar esta información en cualquier momento, sujeto a la legislación aplicable.
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