Overview
On Site
USD 190,000.00 - 275,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Scalability
Continuous Improvement
Release Management
Regulatory Compliance
Mentorship
Linux
Management
Collaboration
Quality Assurance
KPI
Apache Velocity
Reliability Engineering
Finance
Release Engineering
DevOps
Linux Administration
Amazon Web Services
Cloud Computing
Kubernetes
Orchestration
Lifecycle Management
Continuous Delivery
Jenkins
GitLab
Continuous Integration
Configuration Management
Terraform
Ansible
Financial Services
Communication
Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Computer Science
System Integration Testing
Job Details
Job Title: Director of Release Engineering
Location: Chicago, IL (On-site)
Compensation: $190,000-275,000 base salary plus annual performance bonus
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
A Chicago based financial services firm is seeking a seasoned Director of Release Engineering to lead and evolve their change and release management practices. This is a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing the end-to-end release lifecycle, ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of their hybrid infrastructure. You will manage a high-performing team and collaborate cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement in their deployment pipelines and infrastructure operations.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications:
This role must sit out of the firms Chicago office working in a hybrid model of 3 days in office per week.
Location: Chicago, IL (On-site)
Compensation: $190,000-275,000 base salary plus annual performance bonus
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
A Chicago based financial services firm is seeking a seasoned Director of Release Engineering to lead and evolve their change and release management practices. This is a critical leadership role responsible for overseeing the end-to-end release lifecycle, ensuring the stability, scalability, and security of their hybrid infrastructure. You will manage a high-performing team and collaborate cross-functionally to drive continuous improvement in their deployment pipelines and infrastructure operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and optimize the change and release management processes, ensuring compliance, traceability, and minimal disruption to production systems.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of release engineers and DevOps professionals.
- Design and implement scalable release strategies across hybrid Linux and AWS environments.
- Oversee the deployment and lifecycle management of Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
- Collaborate with engineering, QA, product, and security teams to ensure smooth and secure software delivery.
- Establish and monitor KPIs for release quality, velocity, and system reliability.
- Drive automation and tooling improvements to support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Serve as a subject matter expert in release engineering best practices and governance within a regulated financial environment.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity.
- Proven expertise in Linux systems administration and AWS cloud services.
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes orchestration, Helm, and container lifecycle management.
- Strong background in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD) and configuration management (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
- Experience working in regulated industries, preferably financial services.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred)
This role must sit out of the firms Chicago office working in a hybrid model of 3 days in office per week.
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