Release Engineer

About the role

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life's other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms, and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com. We are looking for a Release Engineer who can effectively work with Product, Development, QA, and IT teams to ensure the success of Solera's most critical releases. This role involves working closely with other departments and teams and serving as the key contact for software development and infrastructure deployments. This is a crucial position as a part of the Global Release Management team, working with peer Release Engineers, the Global Release Management Leadership, Product Owners, and Product Managers across multiple regions, facilitating and coordinating modern, iterative, and agile approaches to software delivery.

Responsibilities

• As a Release Engineer , you will work directly with Product, Engineering, QA, IT, and the Business to manage, track, report on, and ensure the success of Solera's software release efforts.
• Be the product team's subject matter release expert.
• Participate in daily meetings and drive prioritization with the squads.
• Communicate all critical project plans, commitments, and changes, including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes.
• Collaborate with business, technical, and creative partners to ensure timely capabilities launch readiness, communications, and training delivery.
• Coordinate the creation of detailed release notes, runbooks, and platform architecture diagrams.
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Facilitate deployment Go/No-Go meetings.
• Support release event (bridge), including communication and coordinating issue resolution.
• Gain a detailed understanding of the products within the region.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or equivalent work experience.
• 6 + Years of experience in Release Management, Release Engineer, Project/Program Management, or Agile methodologies
• 3+ Years of experience facilitating software delivery projects across multiple teams and regions
• Advanced knowledge of business applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Teams, Power BI, etc.
• Understanding of SaaS solutions.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Kanban, SAFe, Scrum, Lean, etc.) required
• HOW TO SUCCEED
• Effective Communication: Communicate proactively, effectively, and efficiently while presenting ideas clearly and persuasively to all organizational levels. Excellent verbal and written communication (English)
• Exceptional Delivery: Demonstrated expertise in Release Management as a high-value deliverer, including release scope alignment, release prioritization, engagement of stakeholders, planning, prioritizing work, identifying critical milestones, and driving projects utilizing documented process
• Process Improvement: Increase delivery success by iteratively improving existing or developing new artifacts and processes across programs and the PMO. Apply the proper balance of creating value versus diminishing returns to increase efficiency, repeatability, alignment, control, documentation, reporting, and the capture of details critical to team success.
• Risk Management: Work with stakeholders to identify potential problems, create mitigation plans, and minimize risk to project timelines
• Facilitating Solutions : Discern objective information to address issues, including documenting the impact and utilization of the PMO escalation process; collaboratively problem-solve and adapt to achieve objectives
• Be Reliable : trust will be your number one asset; follow through on what you are expected to do as part of your role; do what you say you are going to do, and be aware of expected communication/project/ timeline
• Detail Oriented: at every level, the details do matter; unequivocally skilled in accounting for and confirming critical details; competent in identifying critical follow-up and drill-down questions even when you are not expected to be the technical subject matter expert
• Training Competency: mentoring peers as determined by growth and delegation, skilled at logically documenting processes and artifacts for ease of use by others, comfortable and professional in providing feedback and course re-direction to peers
• HOW TO EXCEL
• Creating Accountability: Utilize the PMO framework and Solera processes, apply stra

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