Release Management Engineer

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 160 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.

The Software Release Engineer (Release Manager) will be working in the regional Release Management team taking care of software releases for all Avaloq products supported by the regional business entity. You will be responsible for defined set of customers and support them during various SDLC phases and go live.

Responsibilities

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.; Create and manage implementation plan, release meetings, and production cutover.; 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.; Responsible for software packaging, deployment, and log analysis of Avaloq products.; Document and educate the users on release, configuration, DevOps, and deployment management best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering Degree.; 3 to 7 years of Release Management, Configuration Management experience in the banking & financial services industry.; Experience with Unix, Oracle, SQL, Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket, Git/GitHub or other source code management tools.; Conflict resolution, stakeholder management, experience in multi-cultural matrix teams.; Open to work in weekend/shifts depending on priorities.; Knowledgeable in CI/CD process

Nice to have

Understanding of Avaloq Banking System concepts.; Knowledge about Avaloq Front Platform, Mobile Application releases.; Avaloq ICE Release Stream creation, cutover.; Shell scripting, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Container Platform.; Agile / ITIL certified; AWS / OCI or any cloud certification