Release Engineer

Customized Energy Solutions (CES), a privately-held company, is a leading service provider of market intelligence and operational support services to companies participating in the retail and wholesale electric and natural gas markets. Utilizing deep know-how developed since the inception of the deregulated energy markets, CES provides accurate & timely analysis on regulatory changes, market opportunities, and operational efficiencies for electricity and natural gas commodities.

Customized Energy Solutions Ltd. has been recognized regionally and nationally for its impressive and sustained growth, including INC. 500 | 5000 and The Philadelphia Business Journal as a Top 100 Companies in Philadelphia, Hall of Fame for five or more consecutive years. It was ranked as one of the “Best Places to Work” by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

We started our India operations as Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd in 2010 with offerings in the fields like Energy Trading, Renewable Energy Consultations, Emerging Technology leadership, serving C&I Consumers, etc. CES is uniquely placed in the market through its expertise drawn from US markets, Emerging Technology and experience in the Indian electricity markets. CESIPL is the trading licensee as approved by Hon’ble Central Electricity Regulatory Commission. CESIPL is registered on the Exchange platform to facilitate trading requirements of its clients in Physical and REC segments. 

Our team of associates at CES is highly motivated, innovative, and passionate about providing excellent Services to our clients. We look for individuals interested in growing with our company, and working in an exciting, open and collegial work environment. Our main office is in Philadelphia, with satellite offices in various U.S. states, Canada, Japan and India.

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In this position, you will help maintain and supports tools for building CES’s internally developed software, deploying software releases to our clients, and managing production software configurations post-deployment.  This role will report up to the Release Manager, within the CES’s Retail Services business line, which is the largest and fastest growing in the company.

You will assist in bringing improvements in the Release Management lifecycle, which includes automation of manual tasks/CI- CD Pipeline for faster code deployment/ Monitoring solutions. The releases can be inclusive of application updates, operating system patches, security improvements, hardware upgrades, Projects, and Programs. Responsible for deployments to all environments.  This position requires a knowledge of programming and scripting languages.

• Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Develop scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms
• Development and Maintenance of build and deployment pipelines
• Designing of branching strategies for efficient development
• Designing and implementation of DevOps best practices
• Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
• Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
• Collaborates with IT leadership on the ownership of the software solutions that support development and IT operation processes
• Collaborate with other developers/senior developers on ideas, workflows, and technologies
• Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
• Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans
• Weekly Release Reporting
• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
• Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities
• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
• Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Work with global software development teams to setup, and troubleshoot automated builds and deployments
• Participate in Change Management meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
• Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Research new software development and configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyzes their application to current configuration management needs

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 3+ years of experience in building complex CI/CD Platform to build, test, deploy and release software product- most of that in a cloud environment 
• Significant experience of at least 3+ years with scripting
• Azure Cloud (overall should possess at least 3+ years of experience). Strong knowledge in Azure Devops 
• Experience in Github
• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion.
• Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills.
• General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office expert level knowledge of Excel, working Knowledge of Access
• Working knowledge of SQL Server/SSIS
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills are a must.
• Should possess superior troubleshooting skills to be able to triage and work with developers on an issue.
• Positive attitude and strong work ethic required. 
• Preferred Skills:
• Good to have knowledge of Kubernetes/Docker/Octopus  
• Experience with code quality tools and metrics

Customized Energy Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.