About the job
About the Role
PubMatic is on the lookout for a skilled Release Operations Engineer to join our dynamic Release Operations team. In this role, you will take charge of the planning and execution of software releases across various environments. Collaborating closely with Engineering, Data Center Operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and other teams, you will ensure safe and low-risk deployments. Your focus will be on refining release processes, enhancing runbooks, checklists, and dashboards to foster continuous improvement and increase reliability while minimizing deployment issues. This position is perfect for individuals who can effectively balance rapid delivery with production stability.
What You'll Do
- Oversee application deployment management, enhance deployment processes, and ensure consistency and reliability across development and production environments.
- Manage application configurations and deployment server inventories.
- Monitor application health and performance post-release, responding to and troubleshooting incidents related to releases and operations.
- Act as a bridge between the Release Manager, Operations, and Engineering stakeholders, communicating release statuses and issues to relevant parties, and facilitating post-mortem reviews and retrospectives to pinpoint areas for improvement.
- Create and maintain deployment procedures and relevant documentation.
- Set up Linux servers, handle application installations, server rebuilds, cluster management, and more.
- Ensure platform support for the cross-functional delivery of large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external teams.
- Implement security measures and address vulnerabilities through necessary upgrades and patches.
- Participate in 24/5 rotational weekday shifts, including night and weekend on-call support.

