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.