Software Configuration & Release Management Engineer

Software Configuration & Release Management Engineer

• Location: Manchester
• Rate: £300 per day
• IR35: Inside IR35
• Working arrangement: Hybrid, 80% office / 20% home
• Contract length: 6 months

Your new company

Our client is seeking a Software Configuration & Release Management Engineer to support the delivery of critical applications and infrastructure services across its Financial Services technology landscape. You will work across Development, QA, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Security and Operations teams, supporting controlled software releases, configuration management, deployment activity and CI/CD improvements within a regulated banking environment.

Your new role

You will take responsibility for software configuration and release management across development, testing and production environments. The role combines hands-on configuration, build and deployment responsibilities with release planning, governance, risk management and stakeholder coordination.A key focus will be maintaining release integrity, improving deployment reliability and ensuring releases comply with established change, security, audit and regulatory controls.

Key responsibilities

Software Configuration Management

• Manage source code repositories, version control practices, branching strategies and configuration baselines.
• Maintain software configuration records and code traceability across environments.
• Govern repository management using enterprise version control platforms.
• Support configuration audits and adherence to established standards.

Release Management

• Plan, coordinate, schedule and execute application and infrastructure releases across Development, QA, UAT, Pre-Production and Production.
• Facilitate release planning meetings and deployment readiness reviews.
• Maintain release calendars and communicate schedules to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure releases follow change management and governance processes.

Build & Deployment Management

• Manage and optimise build processes to improve reliability, consistency and deployment efficiency.
• Support automated deployments across cloud and on-premises platforms.
• Coordinate implementation, rollback and recovery plans for production releases.
• Maintain accurate deployment documentation and runbooks.

CI/CD & Automation

• Support the implementation and enhancement of CI/CD pipelines.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual release and deployment activities.
• Work with engineering teams to improve release frequency, quality and deployment success rates.
• Support the adoption of DevOps best practices.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with release governance, audit, security and regulatory requirements relevant to Financial Services.
• Conduct release risk assessments and mitigate deployment risks.
• Support internal and external audits relating to configuration and release management controls.
• Ensure releases are appropriately documented, approved and tracked.

Incident & Post-Release Support

• Monitor application and infrastructure performance following production deployments.
• Investigate and resolve release-related incidents and deployment failures.
• Coordinate post-implementation reviews and lessons-learned activities.
• Drive continuous improvement to enhance release stability and operational resilience.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential skills and experience

• Proven Software Configuration Management (SCM) and Release Management experience.
• Strong knowledge of source code management and branching strategies.
• Experience managing releases within complex enterprise environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD principles and automated deployment practices.
• Experience within regulated environments, preferably Banking or Financial Services.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Experience with change management and release governance.
• Strong documentation, planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent releases and delivery timelines.

Desirable skills and experience

Experience with some of the following would be beneficial:

• Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or equivalent version control tooling.
• Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo or similar CI/CD platforms.
• ServiceNow Change Management.
• Azure, AWS or Google Cloud.
• Infrastructure as Code tooling including Terraform, Ansible or ARM Templates.
• PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar scripting technologies.
• DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Banking and Financial Services, Investment Banking, Custody Banking or Financial Market Infrastructure experience.
• Experience in regulatory and compliance-driven technology environments.

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