Strategic Enterprise Release Architect

Maveric; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Maveric is seeking an Enterprise Release Engineering Architect to define and lead enterprise release management across multiple applications and cloud environments. You will establish governance, drive automation, and build a high-performing RMO with Release Managers and Coordinators to ensure secure, reliable, and predictable software releases.

Ideal candidates will have 18+ years in IT with 5+ years in Release Management leadership, proven experience building release capabilities, and strong

Qualifications

• 18+ years of experience in Enterprise IT.
• 5+ years leading Enterprise Release Management functions.
• Proven experience building Release Management capabilities from the ground up.
• Strong experience managing large-scale, multi-application releases.
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, or Insurance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement enterprise-wide Release Management strategy standards and governance.
• Build and lead the Release Management Office (RMO) including Release Managers and Coordinators.
• Plan, coordinate and oversee enterprise releases across multiple applications and environments.
• Drive release readiness Go No-Go decisions deployment planning and rollback strategies.
• Partner with Engineering, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, Security, QA and Business teams to ensure successful releases.
• Establish release KPIs dashboards reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Drive automation across CI CD pipelines and promote DevSecOps best practices.
• Manage release risks dependencies compliance requirements and production stability.

Skills

Enterprise Release Management

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Environment Change Mgmt

ServiceNow

Jira

Git

Release Automation

OCI

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

Blue-Green/Canary

Nexus/Artifactory

Observability

Executive Stakeholder Mgmt

Education

ITIL 4

SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE)

PMP or PRINCE2

Scrum Master

OCI/AWS/Azure Certifications

DevOps Institute Certifications

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Git

Nexus/Artifactory

Observability Platforms

Job description

Maveric is seeking an Enterprise Release Engineering Architect to define and lead enterprise release management across multiple applications and cloud environments. You will establish governance, drive automation, and build a high-performing RMO with Release Managers and Coordinators to ensure secure, reliable, and predictable software releases.

Ideal candidates will have 18+ years in IT with 5+ years in Release Management leadership, proven experience building release capabilities, and strong