Lead Platform & Release Engineer

Experience: 10+ Years
Role: Lead Platform & Release Engineer

Key Skills:
Backend development: Python/Django/REST API Frameworks.

OS skills: Linux/Unix, Shell Scripting, SSH, Application Monitoring and Analysis and Support.

Infra skills: MS-SQL / Oracle (Design, Queryusing SQL, Optimize Queries), Apache Web Server, Jenkins, Git, and Infra Setup for applications

Key Responsibilities:

· Design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines to support software development, testing, deployment, and release activities.

· Manage application environments across Development, SIT,UAT, Pre-Production, and Production, ensuring consistency, stability, and operational readiness.

· Establish and enforce technical quality standards throughout project delivery by adopting Software Development Methodology (SDM) guidelines, Agile practices, DevOps principles, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and automated testing practices.

· Plan, coordinate, and execute application releases, deployment activities, production cutovers, and rollback procedures with minimal operational risk.

· Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Infrastructure Teams, and Security Teams to ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards, security policies, risk controls, and technology governance requirements.

· Develop and maintain platform engineering standards, deployment patterns, release procedures, operational runbooks, and environment management documentation.

· Ensure system implementations conform to approved solution architectures, technology roadmaps, scalability requirements, and operational support models.

· Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual operational effort, improve deployment reliability, and increase engineering productivity.

· Monitor and continuously improve release performance, deployment success rates, platform stability, and operational metrics.

· Communicate effectively with internal stakeholders, project teams, vendors, and support teams regarding platform capabilities, release schedules, deployment issues, and production support activities.

· Support incident resolution, root cause analysis, problem management, and implementation of preventive measures to improve platform reliability and operational resilience.

· Work closely with application development teams to enable seamless deployment and operation of Python-based backend applications and associated frontend components.

· Analyse impacts of infrastructure and deployment changes on existing systems, evaluate technical risks, and implement optimal solutions that maintain system integrity and service availability.

• At least 10+ years of hands-on experience in software development, implementation, production support, and application maintenance.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Strong experience in designing, developing, and supporting large-scale, highly available enterprise applications.
• Proven experience in solution architecture, technical solutioning, system design, and application modernization initiatives.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python/Django-based backend frameworks.
• Experience designing and implementing integrations with MQ, APIs, microservices, and high-volume batch processing systems.
• Strong experience working on Linux/Unix platforms, including system administration and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience in Shell scripting for automation, monitoring, deployment, and operational tasks.
• Experience with DevOps concepts, practices, and tools.
• Experience managing and supporting Jenkins-based CI/CD processes, including build monitoring, deployment execution, release coordination, job troubleshooting, and production deployment support.
• Strong experience with Git version control, including branching, merging, pull requests, conflict resolution, and repository management.
• Experience with a variety of source control systems, development tools, and SDLC practices.
• Basic knowledge of Apache HTTP Server/Web Services, including configuration, deployment, log analysis, and troubleshooting.
• Good understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancers, firewalls, and application connectivity troubleshooting.
• Experience coordinating and validating network port openings, firewall rule changes, connectivity testing, and environment readiness activities.
• Proficiency in SSH (Secure Shell) in terms of secure server access, remote administration, file transfers (SCP/SFTP), and production support activities.
• Experience in application monitoring, production support, incident management, log analysis, root cause analysis, problem management, and service restoration activities.
• Experience in troubleshooting applications, infrastructure, deployment, and integration issues across multiple environments.
• Strong interpersonal, stakeholder management, and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Good to Have (Not Mandatory)

• Knowledge and working experience with Rocket DevOps (RDOe), including deployment automation, release orchestration, and environment management.
• Experience with Control-M or other enterprise workload automation/scheduling tools.
• Exposure to application performance monitoring (APM), system monitoring, and observability tools.
• Experience in banking or financial services applications and regulatory environments.