Environment and Release Manager

ASX; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working options

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

ASX in Sydney is seeking an experienced Release Engineer to lead environment and release management across diverse platforms, including both cloud and on-premises workloads. You will guide release readiness, coordinate with cross-functional teams, and drive continuous improvement within a CHESS program.

The role demands 8+ years in planning, scheduling, testing, deploying and governing software releases, with strong collaboration across Architecture, Security, Finance, Risk and QE&T.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in planning, scheduling, testing, deploying and controlling software releases across environments.
• Experience managing others while coordinating Environment and Release Management activities in a CHESS portfolio.
• Knowledge of release management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Experience across on-prem to cloud workloads (AWS).
• Familiarity with SDLC, CI/CD and deployment pipelines.
• Experience with version control, branching and dependency management.
• Ability to build release cadence and streamline strategies.
• Collaboration with Architecture, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Compliance, QE&T.
• Develop KPIs, metrics, and SLAs to measure release performance.

Responsibilities

• Communicate the scope and purpose of releases, environment refreshes, release schedules, release status, and escalation of issues and risks.
• Plan and facilitate release and patching activities across development and testing, ensuring timely deployments.
• Assist in managing interdependencies to ensure milestone adherence and release integrity.
• Maintain environment consistency across full lifecycle from testing to Production.
• Provide environment support across internal and external test environments and chair war rooms.
• Conduct PIRs post release to address quality issues.
• Define and manage change control processes for readiness criteria before deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement in release and environment processes.
• Coordinate CHESS project releases, packaging, and vendor communications.

Skills

Release management

Planning & scheduling

CI/CD experience

Environment management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile delivery

Cloud & AWS

Governance & KPIs

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Git/version control

CI/CD tools

Job description

ASX: Powering Australia's financial markets

Why join the ASX?

When you join ASX, you’re joining a company with a strong purpose – to power a stronger economic future by enabling a fair and dynamic marketplace for all.

In your new role, you’ll be part of a leading global securities exchange with a strong brand. We are known for being a trusted market operator and an exciting data hub.

Want to know why we are a great place to work, click on the link to learn more.

www.asx.com.au/about/careers/a-great-place-to-work

We are more than a securities exchange!

The ASX team brings together talented people from a diverse range of disciplines.

We run critical market infrastructure, with 1 in 3 people employed within technology. Yet we have a unique complexity of roles across a range of disciplines such as operations, program delivery, financial products, investor engagement, risk and compliance.

We’re proud to foster a workplace where diversity is celebrated and inclusion is part of our everyday culture. Our employee-led networks champion LGBTIQ+ inclusion, promote gender equality, accessibility and wellbeing, inspire giving and volunteering, and celebrate cultural and religious events, creating a sense of belonging for all. As an AWEI Bronze employer and member of the Champions of Change Coalition for gender equality, we’re committed to a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

Your Responsibilities

• Communicate the scope and purpose of releases, environment refreshes, release schedules, release status, and escalation of issues and risks, while ensuring that the quality and integrity of releases are maintained.
• Plan and facilitate release and patching activities across development and testing, ensuring quality and timely deployments across all environments.
• Assist in managing interdependencies to ensure milestone adherence, and ensure the integrity of releases, which can be measured.
• Maintain environment consistency for all components across the full environment lifecycle from testing, external testing and Production environments.
• Providing environment support across internal and external test environments including establishing and chairing war rooms with relevant support teams as required.
• Conducting PIRs post release to ensure release quality issues are identified, documented and addressed.
• Define and manage technical change control processes for release readiness criteria, including completing all implementation readiness artefacts and ensure all changes meet readiness criteria prior to deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement in the release and environment management processes.
• Coordination, release management and packaging across the CHESS project
• Communication with vendors and internal delivery teams for the packaging of releases.

Must Have

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in planning, scheduling, testing, deploying, maintaining and controlling software releases across environments.
• The ideal candidate will also have experience in managing others while co-ordinating Environment and Release Management activities across a portfolio within the CHESS team.
• Experience and knowledge of release management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Expertise should cover Environment and Release Management across a range of environments from legacy on-prem environments through to contemporary container-based Cloud workloads (AWS).
• Experience with the Software Development Lifecycle, continuous delivery/continuous integration (CI/CD) principals.
• Experience with software version control, branching strategy and dependency management.
• Help streamline the release strategy, building towards a defined release cadence.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Architecture, Information Security, Finance, Risk, Compliance, QE&T.
• Build out comprehensive KPIs, metrics, and SLAs to measure, performance and success rates of Releases,
• Manage knowledgebase of standards, training material, etc.
• Identify opportunities for cloud efficiency enhancements
• across the organization.
• Experience in highly regulated financial environments.
• Worked in a cross-functional, agile delivery team.
• Comfortable presenting at various forums and to senior stakeholders.

Nice To Have

• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration and leadership qualities.
• Strong sense of ownership, customer service and integrity
• demonstrated through clear communications.
• Passionate about Release Engineering
• Understand challenges and trade-offs building, deploying, and running solutions in different environments.
• Understanding of cloud-native frameworks and landscapes

We make hiring decisions based on your skills, capabilities and experience, and how you’ll help us to live our values. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all the criteria of this role.

If you need any adjustments during the application or interview process to help you present your best self, please let us know at [e-mail].

At ASX Group, our diverse workforce is essential to build and maintain a fair and dynamic marketplace. We support flexible working and offer hybrid working options. Even if our roles are advertised as full-time, we encourage you to apply if you are interested in part-time or other flexible working arrangements.

We will arrange for successful candidates to have background checks, including reference and police checks, completed as part of the on-boarding process.

To be considered for this position, candidates must be legally authorised to work in Australia on a permanent basis without any restrictions.