Job Title: Release Engineer
City: Hammersmith, Watford
State/Province: Greater London, Hertfordshire
Posting Start Date: 7/9/26
Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.
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Key Accountabilities and Duties:
Runbook Orchestration: Define, author, and maintain the master Technical Cutover Runbook, detailing minute-by-minute technical tasks, owners, dependencies, and estimated durations. Rehearsals & Dress Rehearsals: Plan and lead "dry runs" or cutover dress rehearsals to stress-test the runbook, identify gaps, and refine time estimates. Business Readiness: Ensure the business is prepared for the cutover, including tracking end-user training, operational workarounds during downtime, and helpdesk readiness. Risk Mitigation: Design comprehensive, deterministic rollback and contingency plans for every stage of the cutover process. Go/No-Go Governance / Gatekeeping: Facilitate formal Go/No-Go checkpoint meetings with the technical leads, project teams and key stakeholders heading up to and during the cutover window.
Proficiency: Hands-on experience managing infrastructure state changes during a live cutover Environment Alignment: Ensure staging, pre-production, and production environments are strictly synchronised in terms of configuration, data schemas, and security policies prior to launch. Release Alignment: Coordinate with Release Engineers to ensure that correct software versions, third-party dependencies, and patches are uniformly deployed across the environment estate. Environment Drift Detection: Ability to audit and reconcile differences between Staging and Production environments prior to launch. Cloud Architecture: Strong working knowledge of cloud platforms Data Migration: Understanding of database schema deployment tools and data replication/synchronization techniques
Rollback Execution: Ability to safely execute data rollback procedures without corrupting delta data generated during the cutover window. Contingency Management: Maintain a cutover-specific risk register with pre-approved mitigation strategies for likely technical or operational bottlenecks
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Command Centre Leadership: Lead the technical "Command Centre" during live cutover windows (often scheduled off-hours/weekends), directing engineers, DBAs, and sysadmins. Command Centre Facilitation: Establish and operate the Cutover Command Centre (physical or virtual) during the live execution window. Stakeholder Triage: Act as the central communication hub. Translate complex technical status updates or blockers into clear, business-focused impacts for executive stakeholders. Data Migration Oversight: Partner with Data Engineers to execute delta data migrations, schema updates, and data validation scripts during the cutover window. Automate the Runbook: Transition manual cutover steps into automated scripts and deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools. Deployment Validation: Implement automated post-deployment smoke tests and health checks to immediately verify system integrity post-cutover.
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Requirements Qualifications and Experience: Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field. Experience: Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in a technical release engineering environment Communication: Excellent verbal/written communication skills in English. Software Architecture Awareness: Understanding of modern application architectures including monolithic, microservices, and distributed systems. Deployment Topologies: Understanding of how architecture influences release sequencing, dependency management, rollback complexity, and zero-downtime deployment strategies DevOps / Platform Engineering: DevOps Practices: Understanding of Infrastructure as code and environment promotion strategies Coding Skills: Coding ability in any of the following programming languages: Javascript, Python, Java, Groovy, Typescript and C++. CI/CD & Automation: Deep expertise with deployment tools such as GitHub Actions Cloud & Networking: Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, or GCP, specifically regarding traffic routing (Route 53, Cloudflare), Load Balancers, and CDN caching/invalidation. Database & Data Migration: Solid grasp of SQL/NoSQL databases, schema migration tools (Liquibase, Flyway), and data replication strategies. Containerisation: Hands-on experience managing deployments in Kubernetes (K8s) or Docker environments. Branching Strategies: Deep understanding of Git workflow models (GitFlow, Trunk Based Development, Feature Branching) and merge conflict resolution. Containerization & Orchestration: Solid working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (K8s), including managing Helm charts or Kustomize for multi-environment deployments
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Preferred Competencies: Calm Under Pressure: Proven ability to make critical, time-sensitive decisions during high-stress deployment windows. Attention to Detail: A microscopic focus on task tracking, operational dependencies, and resource availability. Cross-Functional Diplomacy: The ability to command respect and direct actions across teams (e.g., pulling engineers, DBA’s, product owners, and testing together simultaneously). Meticulous Organisation: An obsessive eye for detail, missing a single dependency in a runbook is not an option. Flexible Hours: Availability to work non-standard hours (nights and weekends) during scheduled cutover windows. Clear Communication: Ability to translate complex technical blockers into concise status updates for non-technical stakeholders. Decisive Facilitation Under Pressure Cutovers frequently run 24/7 over weekends or holidays. When a problem occurs the Cutover PM must remain entirely composed, gather the right technical experts, fa
Mandatory Skills: Cloud Engineering AWS .
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