Senior Cloud Release Engineer (AWS)

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

FINRA is seeking a Staff Release Engineer to implement and support cloud infrastructure across AWS environments, collaborating with Architecture, Security and Platform Engineering teams. The role focuses on release automation, issue troubleshooting and process improvements.

You will mentor junior staff, ensure compliance with FINRA standards, and operate in a hybrid work environment with some travel and extended hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline.
• 3+ years of release engineering experience in a formal software release environment.
• Experience managing complex releases with change, incident, and delivery management in 24x7 production.

Responsibilities

• Implement and support cloud infrastructure capabilities across AWS environments.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security, IAM, Platform Engineering and application teams to deploy cloud solutions.
• Troubleshoot release deployment issues and automate operational processes.
• Mentor junior staff and ensure compliance with FINRA standards.

Skills

AWS cloud

Release engineering

Python scripting

Ticketing systems

Automation tooling

24x7 operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

3+ years related experience

Tools

Ticketing system software

Application release automation tool

Job description

FINRA is seeking a Staff Release Engineer to implement and support cloud infrastructure across AWS environments, collaborating with Architecture, Security and Platform Engineering teams. The role focuses on release automation, issue troubleshooting and process improvements.

You will mentor junior staff, ensure compliance with FINRA standards, and operate in a hybrid work environment with some travel and extended hours as needed.