Network Optix · 1 day ago
Release Engineering Lead
Walnut Creek, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $230K/yr
10+ years expNetwork Optix (Nx) is a global powerhouse in video software development, aiming to revolutionize video technology. The Release Engineering Lead will oversee cloud release execution, ensuring safe deployments and effective incident coordination across the Nx Cloud platform.
SoftwareVideo
Responsibilities
Own and coordinate end-to-end cloud release cycles, from release readiness and change approvals to deployment and verification
Facilitate release sign-off, ensuring quality, stability, and risk mitigation before going live
Partner with engineering and QA to validate build quality and rollback procedures
Maintain a central release calendar, checklists, and change logs
Drive change management governance and ensure compliance with release standards
Collaborate with the SRE team to enhance production monitoring, alerting, and observability for critical services
Lead incident coordination and communication, ensuring timely resolution and clear updates to stakeholders
Oversee post-incident reviews and RCA documentation, tracking remediation progress
Proactively identify recurring issues and drive preventive improvements
Ensure environments (test, staging, production) are release-ready and well-maintained
Support environment stability by coordinating with SRE and QA for timely updates and access management
Lead risk assessment for releases, including rollback and contingency plans
Partner with support and customer success teams to ensure customer impact visibility and communication
Collaborate with Release Engineering and SRE on Argo-based deployment tools and CI/CD improvements
Identify automation opportunities to streamline release and monitoring workflows
Contribute to documentation, playbooks, and training for new release procedures
Provide real-time release status updates to leadership, engineering, and support teams
Ensure consistent post-release summaries and stakeholder reporting
Act as the primary communication bridge between engineering, SRE, and customer-facing teams during releases and incidents
Qualification
Required
10+ years in Release Management, SRE, or DevOps operations roles for cloud platforms
Proven experience managing production releases and incident response in a SaaS or distributed environment
Hands-on experience operating hybrid infrastructures, combining cloud-based Kubernetes (EKS) with on-premise services deployed using Ansible and Docker Compose on providers such as Datapacket
Hands-on experience with AWS Athena (to analyze ALB logs)
Kubernetes, GitOps, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Terraform, or similar CI/CD tooling
Ansible and Docker Compose
Proficiency with Jira
Strong understanding of AWS (EKS/ECS, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, S3, EC2); familiarity with GCP/Azure
Strong understanding of Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh deployment, operation, and lifecycle management, including zero-downtime upgrades and version rollouts (e.g., Istio, Gloo, Ambassador, or Traefik)
Knowledge of monitoring and alerting systems (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, NetData, OpsGenie)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Paid time off
Flexible working hours
On-site (hybrid) work in our brand-new comfortable office
Employer-sponsored health coverage
Working with top industry experts in our international team
Company
Network Optix
Network Optix is a software development company focused on creating cutting edge video management solutions.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$0.75M2011-11-30Debt Financing· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Dwight Linden
Senior Vice President Operations
Jor Law
Board of Directors
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