Release Engineer

SAKSOFT LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SAKSOFT LIMITED is seeking a seasoned Release Engineer in Singapore to lead end-to-end release management for MLS and related Compliance Tech applications. You will coordinate deployments across development, testing, pre-production and production, ensuring governance, rollback plans and audit-ready documentation.

You will develop CI/CD pipelines, collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors, and drive continuous improvement in release processes while maintaining strong change management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field as listed.
• Minimum 10 years in system integration, deployment and production support.
• Strong Unix/Linux, Shell scripting and SQL development experience.
• Experience with middleware like Apache and JBoss and related DB platforms.
• Proven end-to-end deployment and production implementation expertise.
• Ability to design cross-system integrations across web, middleware, database and external systems.
• Solid understanding of networks, security and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience documenting architectures, deployment diagrams and data flows.
• Familiarity with SDLC, Agile and change management processes.
• Proven ability to coordinate SIT, UAT, Mock Run and Production verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end release management for MLS and related apps across dev, test, pre-prod and prod.
• Plan and coordinate deployments, ensuring governance and operational procedures are followed.
• Manage release calendars, pipelines and implementation schedules.
• Coordinate readiness activities, including scope validation and rollback plans.
• Develop and improve CI/CD deployment processes and automation scripts.
• Collaborate with development teams and vendors for promotions across environments.
• Review deployment packages and documentation for completeness and compliance.
• Oversee production implementations, post-deployment validation and handover.
• Perform risk assessments, identify dependencies and conflicts.
• Facilitate Change Request reviews and monitor release health metrics.
• Analyze root causes of failed deployments and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain runbooks, deployment docs and DR/BCP procedures.
• Support disaster recovery and major production events with coordinated releases.
• Track metrics and drive continuous improvement in release processes.

Skills

Release management

CI/CD

Unix/Linux

Shell scripting

SQL development

Middleware

SDLC & Agile

SIT/UAT coordination

Vendor mgmt

Stakeholder mgmt

Documentation

Production deployment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Control-M

Jira

Confluence

SharePoint

Cloud platforms

Container technologies

Hadoop/Cloudera

Job description

Experience: 10+ Years
Role: Release Engineer

Key Skills

• Compliance Technology / AML Platforms
• System Integration, Implementation & Technical Delivery
• Big Data, Analytics & Data Processing Technologies

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end release management activities for MLS and related Compliance Technology applications, coordinating the promotion of software changes across development, testing, pre-production and production environments.
• Plan, schedule and coordinate application deployments, ensuring releases are executed in accordance with approved change management, governance and operational procedures.
• Manage release calendars, deployment pipelines and implementation schedules, ensuring alignment between project timelines, business priorities and production release windows.
• Coordinate deployment readiness activities, including validation of release scope, implementation plans, rollback procedures, environment readiness, dependency assessments and stakeholder approvals.
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve CI/CD deployment processes, automation scripts and release orchestration workflows to enhance deployment efficiency, consistency and reliability.
• Work closely with application development team and vendor to ensure successful promotion of code, configuration and database changes across environments.
• Review and validate deployment packages, release artefacts, configuration changes and implementation documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance with enterprise standards.
• Manage production implementations, providing deployment oversight and ensuring successful release execution, post-deployment validation and operational handover.
• Perform release-related risk assessments, identify deployment dependencies and potential implementation conflicts.
• Facilitate release governance processes, including Change Request (CRQ) reviews.
• Monitor deployment activities and production releases, ensuring issues are identified, escalated and resolved promptly to minimize business impact.
• Perform release-impact analysis and root cause investigations for failed deployments, release incidents and production issues, driving corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintain deployment runbooks, implementation procedures, rollback plans, release documentation and operational support guides to ensure repeatability and audit compliance.
• Support disaster recovery exercises, environment refreshes, application cutovers and major production events requiring coordinated release execution.
• Track and report release metrics, deployment success rates, implementation risks, release health indicators and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Act as the primary technical coordinator during production release windows, managing communications between project teams, support teams, vendors and business stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and mentoring on release management best practices, deployment standards, implementation governance and operational excellence.
• Support audit, regulatory and compliance requirements by ensuring all releases are properly documented, approved, traceable and executed in accordance withe stablished controls.

Requirements

Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of hands‑on experience in system integration, system implementation, application deployment and production support.
• Strong experience in Unix/Linux administration, Shell Scripting and SQL development.
• Strong experience in middleware installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting, including Apache, JBoss and database platforms.
• Proven experience in end-to-end application deployment, environment setup, release management and production implementation.
• Experience in designing and implementing system integrations across web, application, middleware, database and external systems.
• Strong understanding of network, firewall, load balancer, DNS and security concepts, including troubleshooting connectivity and performance issues.
• Experience in preparing and maintaining technical artefacts, including system integration diagrams, deployment diagrams, network diagrams and data flow diagrams.
• Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile delivery methodology and change management processes.
• Experience managing and coordinating SIT, UAT, Mock Run and Production Verification activities.
• Proven ability to perform root cause analysis and drive resolution of complex production incidents.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Network, Application Development and Business stakeholders.
• Strong vendor management, stakeholder management and project coordination skills.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, communication and documentation skills.
• Self‑motivated, highly driven and able to work independently in a fast‑paced environment.

Good to Have

• Experience in Cloudera ecosystem technologies including HDFS, Hive, Spark, Impala and related Big Data platforms.
• Experience in Hadoop, NoSQL databases and large‑scale data processing environments.
• Experience in AML, Compliance, Financial Crime Surveillance or Regulatory Technology solutions.
• Experience in AI, Machine Learning or advanced analytics platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and DevOps practices, including Git, Jenkins and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience with workload automation and scheduling tools as Control‑M.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, SharePoint and collaboration platforms.
• Experience in cloud platforms and container technologies.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, high availability architecture and resiliency solutions.
• Experience supporting regional or multi‑country banking platforms and regulatory initiatives
• Experience in RDOe (Previously Aldon)