Release Manager

Release Manager - Makati City  Company Description 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.  Job Description The Software Release Engineer (Release Manager) will be working in the regional Release and Test 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. Your key tasks 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.  Qualifications Qualifications Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering Degree. 5 to 7 years of Release Management, Configuration Management experience in the banking & financial services industry. Understanding of Avaloq Banking System concepts. Experience with Unix, Oracle, SQL, Jenkins, Artifactory, Nexus, Gerrit, Bitbucket 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. It would be a real bonus if you have Knowledge about Avaloq Front Platform, Mobile Application releases. Avaloq ICE Release Stream creation, cutover. Shell scripting, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Container Platform. Agile / AWS / ITIL certified.  Additional Information We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.