Release Engineering Lead
Hybrid in Walnut Creek, CA, US • Posted 60+ days ago • Updated 12 days ago

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Skills
- Amazon S3
- Collaboration
- DevOps
- Docker
- JIRA
- Kubernetes
- Leadership
- Operating Systems
- Cloud Computing
- Root Cause Analysis
- SaaS
- SAFE
- Workflow
- Risk Management
- Unigraphics NX
- Video
- Risk Assessment
- Google Cloud Platform
- Ansible
Summary
Role: Senior Release Manager / Cloud Operations Lead
Location: Walnut Creek, CA (Hybrid)
Position:C2C
Duration : 12 Month
- Network Optix (Nx) is a global leader in video software development, powering intelligent video-based solutions that transform video into actionable data. For over a decade, Nx has built the Enterprise Video Operating System that enables organizations worldwide to develop world-class, enterprise-scale video products efficiently and affordably.
- Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, with additional offices in Burbank, Portland, Belgrade, Taipei, and distributed global teams, Nx has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list for 9 consecutive years.
- We are expanding cross-functionally and globally as we continue to shape the future of intelligent video technology.
Job Description:
Purpose of the Role:
- This role leads cloud release execution, production readiness, and incident coordination across the Nx Cloud platform. You will act as the operational bridge between Release Engineering, SRE, Support, and Product Engineering to ensure every deployment is safe, reliable, well-communicated, and continuously improving.
Requirements:
Release Management:
- Own and coordinate end-to-end cloud release cycles from readiness checks to deployment and verification.
- Drive release sign-off, ensuring quality, stability, and risk mitigation.
- Collaborate with Engineering and QA on build validation and rollback plans.
- Maintain release calendars, checklists, change records, and governance standards.
- Ensure adherence to change management processes.
- Monitoring & Incident Management:
- Partner with SRE to improve monitoring, alerting, and observability for production systems.
- Lead incident coordination and stakeholder communication.
- Manage post-incident reviews, RCA documentation, and remediation tracking.
- Identify recurring issues and implement preventive measures.
- Operational Readiness & Risk Management
- Ensure test, staging, and production environments are stable and release-ready.
- Coordinate environment updates and access with SRE and QA.
- Lead risk assessments, rollback planning, and contingency strategies.
- Partner with Support & Customer Success on customer-impact communication.
- Tooling & Process Improvement
- Collaborate on GitOps and CI/CD enhancements using Argo-based deployment systems.
- Identify automation opportunities across release workflows and monitoring.
- Contribute to documentation, playbooks, and onboarding for release processes.
- Cross-Team Communication
- Provide real-time release status updates to leadership and internal teams.
- Deliver post-release summaries and stakeholder reports.
- Act as the communication bridge during releases and incidents.
- Experience
- 10+ years in Release Management, SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Operations roles.
- Proven experience managing production SaaS releases and incident response.
- Hands-on experience with hybrid infrastructures:
- Cloud Kubernetes (EKS)
- On-prem services deployed via Ansible & Docker Compose
- Providers such as Datapacket
- Experience using AWS Athena to analyze ALB logs.
- Technical Skills
Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, Terraform, Jenkins
Ansible & Docker Compose
Proficiency with Jira or similar tools
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of AWS (EKS/ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, S3, EC2)
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform/Azure
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Gloo, Ambassador, Traefik)
- Monitoring tools: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, NetData, OpsGenie
Education
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation
- Paid time off
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid work model (new Walnut Creek office)
- Employer-sponsored health coverage
- Work with top industry experts in a global environment
- Dice Id: 10432862A
- Position Id: 8817955
- Posted 30+ days ago
Company Info
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