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 deploymen...

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