Sr. Release Engineers (Sun Life Financial [U.S.] Services Company, Inc., Wellesley Hills, MA): Will serve as a professional release engineer leading the end-to-end governance, planning, coordination, and execution of releases across multiple software teams, platforms, and environments. Daily responsibilities include: Lead software release delivery, ensuring releases are strategically aligned to business priorities, operational and technical readiness requirements, risk tolerance, and organizational governance standards related to software technologies; Facilitates collaboration across development, QA, operations, business stakeholders, and governance bodies; Support the management of dependencies, risks, approvals, testing, documentation, and deployment schedules; Facilitate production readiness, release approvals, environment stability, and go/no-go decision-making to ensure successful, compliant, and low-risk software deployments; Lead transparent stakeholder communication, continuous process improvement, release performance monitoring, automation opportunities, and the ongoing maturity of technical release management and software environment management practices; Mentor and cross-train other IT team members on the end-to-end release management lifecycle; Other projects impacting software release management as assigned; and Perform daily duties utilizing technologies and methodologies related to software development release, including but not limited to: Scripting experience PowerShell, code merge and conflict resolution, release management, DevOps, or environment management roles within enterprise environments, managing complex, cross-functional releases, software development lifecycle (SDLC), release governance, and change management frameworks, operating within regulated or highly governed environments; and working knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation server, release Management Process, Salesforce Release process; ANT Migration Tool; Agile development framework. 100% Telecommuting permitted from anywhere in the U.S.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Master’s degree (foreign equivalent degrees accepted) in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a closely related engineering field of study, and 3 years of experience in any related occupation including: Scripting experience with PowerShell; Experience with code merge and conflict resolution; Release management, DevOps, or environment management roles within enterprise environments; Managing complex, cross-functional releases, software development lifecycle (SDLC), release governance, and change management frameworks within regulated or highly governed environments; and Working Knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation server, release Management Process, Salesforce Release process; ANT Migration Tool, and Agile development framework; or, in the alternative, Bachelor’s degree (foreign equivalent degrees accepted) in Computer Science, Computer/Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering or a closely related engineering field of study, and 5 years of progressive experience in any related occupation including: Scripting experience with PowerShell; Experience with code merge and conflict resolution; Release management, DevOps, or environment management roles within enterprise environments; Managing complex, cross-functional releases, software development lifecycle (SDLC), release governance, and change management frameworks within regulated or highly governed environments; and Working Knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation server, release Management Process, Salesforce Release process; ANT Migration Tool, and Agile development framework.
This position qualifies for our employee referral program. The salary range for this position is one hundred eighty seven thousand dollars to one hundred ninety five thousand dollars annually for full-time employment. At our company, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The salary range for this role is competitive nationwide, and we strive to ensure that compensation is fair and equitable. Your actual base salary will be determined based on your unique skills, qualifications, experience, education, and geographic location. In addition to your base salary, this position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award based on your individual performance as well as the overall performance of the business. We are dedicated to creating a work environment where everyone is rewarded for their contributions.
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Job Category
IT - Application Development
Posting End Date
18/11/2026
