Release Engineer III
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About the Release Engineer III Role at Google
As a Release Engineer III at Google, you will be instrumental in ensuring the seamless delivery of updates and changes to the world's most trafficked sites. This role involves working closely with Software Engineers to manage products from development through rollout and into production. You will develop scripting and coding solutions focused on scalability, enabling large-scale deployments across numerous data centers. This position is ideal for individuals excited by massively complex systems and the unique challenges presented by working with some of the largest computing infrastructures globally. You will contribute to Google's Core team, which builds the fundamental technical foundation for all flagship products, impacting essential design elements, developer platforms, and infrastructure to deliver excellent user experiences and drive innovation across the company.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with release engineering in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- 2 years of experience with software configuration management systems or source code version control systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certification in CloudALM or SAP Solution Manager and knowledge of SAP ABAP or Fiori technical environments.
- Experience in implementation of ChaRM customizations.
- Experience in managing SOX controls and audits in Release Management.
- Experience with ChaRM, STMS and SAP RISE specific transports management.
- Extensive functional experience in CloudALM.
- Extensive functional experience in SAP ChaRM implementations and operations support.
Responsibilities
- Analyze business needs to architect and deploy enhancements for SAP Solution Manager 7.2 (ChaRM), utilizing visual workflows to optimize processes.
- Manage the transport life-cycle across on-premise and RISE environments, overseeing deployments, risk assessments, and Change Control Boards (CCBs) to ensure successful project cutovers.
- Implement a comprehensive SAP ChaRM framework by leveraging cCTS+ for cross-platform orchestration and employing CSOL, Retrofit, and ATC to ensure synchronized deployments across the S/4HANA and integrated application landscape.
- Serve as the functional lead for SAP Solution Manager (ChaRM), managing the entire change life cycle, from configuring transport systems (cCTS/CTS+) and defining best practices to coordinating releases and resolving functional discrepancies.
- Drive technical initiatives such as HANA upgrades, RISE migrations, and CI/CD integration, ensuring tool interoperability and adherence to IT compliance standards.
Key skills/competency
- Release Engineering
- Software Configuration Management
- Source Code Version Control
- SAP Solution Manager (ChaRM)
- CloudALM
- SAP ABAP
- Fiori
- Transport Management
- CI/CD Integration
- SOX Compliance
How to Get Hired at Google
- Research Google's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume for Release Engineering: Highlight experience with SAP Solution Manager, ChaRM, SCM, version control, and large-scale deployments, using keywords from the job description.
- Prepare for technical interviews: Sharpen your skills in programming languages, configuration management, transport systems, and CI/CD practices relevant to the Release Engineer III role.
- Showcase problem-solving abilities: Be ready to discuss how you've handled complex release challenges, risk assessments, and managed change control processes in previous roles.
- Demonstrate leadership and collaboration: Emphasize your experience leading functional teams, driving technical initiatives, and collaborating with software engineers effectively.
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