Change & Release Management Engineer

Luxoft; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Luxoft seeks an experienced Change & Release Management Specialist to oversee and coordinate application changes and releases across multiple environments. You will collaborate with Release Managers, Application, Platform, and DevOps teams to integrate automated release workflows and support CI/CD-driven pipelines.

Minor automation enhancements using Python and YAML will be performed, while ensuring change policies and audits are followed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Change & Release Management for enterprise applications (IB&M / financial services).
• Strong knowledge of Release Management, Change Management, Configuration Management, and Problem/Incident Management.
• Hands-on experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar) and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman).
• Ability to perform minor enhancements or scripts using Python and YAML in the release pipeline.
• Experience with source control systems (GitLab, Git) and build/deployment scripts.
• Solid understanding of databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and ability to integrate DB automation into releases.
• Experience integrating security and compliance scans into release processes.
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (cloud-native + Splunk).
• Experience documenting processes using Confluence, Jira, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with AI-driven automation concepts in release and deployment processes.
• DevOps tools: GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CI/CD automation, Artifactory, Docker/Kubernetes, AWS for Change Mgmt and release management in banking domain.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate all application changes and releases across non-production and production environments.
• Collaborate with Release Managers, Application, Platform, and DevOps teams to integrate automated release workflows.
• Support CI/CD-driven release pipelines and perform minor automation enhancements using Python and YAML.
• Ensure all releases follow change management policies, approvals, and audit requirements.
• Provision and manage cloud-based environments and containerized applications (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman).
• Manage security and compliance scans as part of releases.
• Monitor logging and observability using cloud-native tools and Splunk.
• Maintain detailed documentation for releases, runbooks, automation processes, and SOPs.
• Perform ad-hoc operational, release-related, and automation tasks as required.
• Participate in shift-based support for critical releases or environments.
• Explore AI-driven automation and process improvements to optimize release reliability and efficiency.

Skills

Change & Release Management

Release Management

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud platforms & containers

Python & YAML scripting

Git/GitLab/GitOps

Databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL)

Security/compliance

Monitoring with Splunk

Documentation tools (Confluence, Jira)

AI-driven automation

DevOps toolset (Jenkins, Artifactory,

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker/Podman

GitLab

Git

Jenkins

Artifactory

Confluence

Jira

AWS

Job description

Project description

We are seeking an experienced Change & Release Management Specialist to oversee and coordinate application changes and releases across multiple environments in a large enterprise services environment. The role focuses on managing the release lifecycle, ensuring smooth deployments, and collaborating closely with Release Managers, Application Teams, and Service Teams to support automation-driven processes. You need to have strong experience in release planning, process automation, configuration management, and enterprise-level deployments.

Responsibilities

• o Manage and coordinate all application changes and releases across non-production and production environmentso Collaborate with Release Managers, Application, Platform, and DevOps teams to integrate automated release workflowso Support CI/CD-driven release pipelines and perform minor automation enhancements using Python and YAML, and implement runbook improvementso Ensure all releases follow change management policies, approvals, and audit requirementso Provision and manage cloud-based environments and containerized applications (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman) as part of the release processo Manage security and compliance scans (Checkmarx secrets, vulnerability checks, internal tools) as part of releaseso Monitor logging and observability using cloud-native tools and Splunko Maintain detailed documentation for releases, runbooks, automation processes, and SOPso Perform ad-hoc operational, release-related, and automation tasks as requiredo Participate in shift-based support for critical releases or environmentso Explore AI-driven automation and process improvements to optimize release reliability and efficiency

SKILLS

Must have

• 5+ years of experience in Change & Release Management for enterprise applications (IB&M / financial services)
• Strong knowledge of Release Management, Change Management, Configuration Management, and Problem/Incident Management
• Hands-on experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and integrating automation workflows
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar) and containerized deployments (Kubernetes, Docker/Podman)
• Ability to perform minor enhancements or scripts using Python and YAML in the release pipeline
• Experience with source control systems (GitLab, Git) and build/deployment scripts
• Solid understanding of databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and ability to integrate DB automation into releases
• Experience integrating security and compliance scans into release processes
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (cloud-native + Splunk)
• Experience documenting processes using Confluence, Jira, or similar tools
• Familiarity with AI-driven automation concepts in release and deployment processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skillsMandatory skills: Devops, Gitlab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, CICD automation, Artifactory, Docker Kubernetes, AWS for Change Mgmt and release management with banking domain,.

Nice to have

Understanding of ITIL processes is a plus