Release Engineer (SAP Private & Public Cloud)

Role Overview
We are looking for Release Engineers to join our SAP Release Management team, responsible for end-toend release execution, quality deployment, and production readiness across SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
and Public Cloud landscapes.

The role focuses on safe, compliant, and predictable deployments, release governance, and stakeholder
coordination across global teams.

Key Responsibilities
• Plan and execute release deployments across SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, Public Cloud and
associated SAP systems, from quality to production.
• Own quality and production deployment runbooks, including pre checks, import sequencing, post
processing, smoke checks, and handover to operations.
• Organize and facilitate CAB (Change Advisory Board) / Release Board meetings, ensuring scope,
risks, DNQ/DNP and rollback plans are clearly presented and approved.
• Manage DNQ / DNP tracking and communication, ensuring rejected changes are documented, re
planned and do not reach production by mistake.
• Maintain the release calendar (monthly sprints, emergency releases, dedicated authorization
windows), ensuring alignment with blackout periods and major business events.
• Coordinate transport movement throughout the landscapes (Dev - Test - Pre Prod - Prod),
ensuring correct sequencing, dependency handling and minimal production impact.
• Monitor transport imports and return codes (e.g., via STMS), perform initial analysis and coordinate
with Basis / development teams to resolve failures.
• Ensure audit and compliance requirements are met change records, approvals, test evidence, SoD
checks for authorization transports, and complete deployment documentation.

• Support and help optimize usage of SAP Solution Manager ChaRM and/or SAP Cloud ALM for
change, deployment and release management (linking requirements, work items and transports).
• Collaborate with project and run teams to prepare release scope, validate readiness (testing, data,
cutover tasks), and support cutover activities and hypercare.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of release processes, templates and dashboards (e.g., KPIs
on release success rate, incident after release, lead time).

Technical Competencies
• Strong understanding of SAP system landscapes (ECC / S/4HANA, Private & Public Cloud).
• Hands on experience with SAP transport management and deployments, ideally including Solution
Manager ChaRM and/or SAP Cloud ALM for change and deployment.
• Working knowledge of STMS, transport return codes, and dependency handling.
General
• Solid understanding of SDLC, ITIL, and Release Management processes.
• Experience working with ServiceNow / ITSM tools.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint for reporting and audit documentation.

Good-to-Have Skills
• Exposure to SAP Cloud (RISE / Public Cloud) release models.
• Experience with Azure DevOps / Jira for release tracking.
• Familiarity with cutover management and hypercare models.
• Prior exper...