Release and Configuration Engineer

Avaloq Philippines Inc.; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 781,000 - 1,228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Avaloq Philippines Inc. is seeking a Software Release Engineer (Release Manager) in Makati (Metro Manila) to manage software releases for European clients.

You will oversee planning, packaging, and deployment across test, integration, and production environments and ensure smooth Go Live with stakeholders. Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering and 7 years of experience in release/configuration management, with 3–5 years in related roles in banking/finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering.
• Overall 7 years of experience with 3-5 years in Release/Configuration Management, ideally in banking/financial services.
• Experience with Unix, Oracle, SQL, Jenkins, Artifactory, Nexus, Gerrit, Bitbucket or other source code tools.
• Ability to analyze technical problems and automate recurring admin tasks.
• Good stakeholder management in multi-cultural matrix teams.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Plan and rollout various Avaloq products in controlled environments.
• Own end-to-end delivery of releases into Live environments.
• Validate release scope with project/delivery managers.
• Ensure technical validation for Go Live and report results.
• Create and manage implementation plans, release meetings, and production cutover.
• Handle software packaging, code merge, and log analysis for Avaloq core and front platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-domain specialists for implementations.
• Build relationships with developers, project managers, test managers, and client managers.
• Document and educate users on release, DevOps, and deployment best practices.

Skills

Unix

Oracle

SQL

Jenkins

Artifactory

Nexus

Gerrit

Bitbucket

Confluence

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Confluence

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Container Platform

Job description

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

The Software Release Engineer (Release Manager) will be working in our Release Management Hub team in Makati (Metro Manila), taking care of Avaloq software releases for our clients in Region Europe.

We build,configure,and deploy various software artifacts intest, integration, and production environments. You will be responsible for a defined set of customers and support them during various SDLC phases and go live.

Your key tasks

• You will be involved in planning and rollout of various Avaloq products in the controlled environments.
• You will have end-to-end accountability for the successful delivery of releases into the Live environments.
• Accountable for release scope validation with project managers and delivery managers.
• Ensures technical validation of all releases are completed and reported for the Go Live.
• Create and manage implementation plan, release meetings and production cutover.
• Taking responsibility for software packaging, code merge and log analysis of Avaloq core and front platforms
• Collaborating with specialists of different areas for the implementation of cross-domain activities
• Building trustworthy relations with internal and external stakeholders as developers, Project Managers, Test Managers and Client Managers.
• Document and educate the users on release, configuration, DevOps, and deployment management best practices.

Please take good note of the fact that you will work with clients based in Europe; for this reason the chose candidate will follow a mid shift schedule (3:00 PM upto 1:00 AM), as well as on-call availability services and support on weekends during release Go Live

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering Degree.
• Overall 7 yearsof experience with 3-5 years of experience in Release Management and/or Configuration Management experience, ideally in the banking and financial services industry.
• Experience withUnix, Oracle, SQL, Jenkins, Artifactory, Nexus, Gerrit, Bitbucket or other source code management tools.
• Know-how in analysing technical problems and automating recurring administrative activities.
• Conflict resolution, stakeholder management, experience in multi-cultural matrix teams.
• Good written and spoken English.
• Open to work in weekend/shifts and to extended support beyond shifts unscheduled hot fix releases.

It would be a real bonus if you have

• Knowledge about Avaloq Front Platform, Mobile Application releases.
• Avaloq ICE Release Stream creation, cutover.
• Shell scripting, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Container Platform.
• Agile / Oracle Cloud / ITIL certified.
• Be used to fast pace and complex environments.
• At ease in writing technical documentations (e.g. on Confluence).

In our experience, Software Release Engineers (Release Managers) who are particularly good at their job share some additional skills that we would also like to find in our future colleagues: being analytical, reliable, service oriented and with a problem-solver attitude.

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

#LI-Hybrid