Position: Release Manager

Location: Irving, TX, or Atlanta, GA.

Experience: 10+ Years

Work type: C2C only ( Onsite )

PETADATA is currently hiring for a “Release Manager” for one of their clients.

JOB SUMMARY: Managed the end-to-end release process tailored to the company’s needs. Act as high-level decision makers, determining everything from design choices to technical standards, such as platforms and coding standards.

Roles & Responsibilities

Coordinate release planning activities with stakeholders from development, QA, product management, and IT operations to ensure alignment with business objectives and release schedules.
Manage the end-to-end release process, including scheduling, coordinating, and communicating release activities and milestones to stakeholders.
Facilitate the change management process, including assessing the impact of proposed changes, coordinating change approvals, and ensuring adherence to change management policies and procedures.
Maintain release documentation, including release plans, release notes, deployment instructions, and rollback procedures, to ensure accurate and up-to-date records of release activities.
Identify and mitigate risks associated with the release process, such as deployment failures, performance issues, and compatibility issues, to minimize disruptions to production systems and services.
Manage development, testing, staging, and production environments to ensure consistency and stability across different environments.
Identify opportunities to improve the release process, tools, and practices, and implement best practices and process improvements to increase efficiency, quality, and reliability.
Implement release automation tools and processes to streamline and standardize release activities, reduce manual effort, and improve release quality and reliability.
Generate release reports and metrics to track release progress, performance, and compliance with release policies and standards.
Communicate release status, issues, and risks to stakeholders, including project teams, management, and customers, to ensure transparency and alignment with business goals.

Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Must have 7+ years of experience as a Java developer with a proven record of overseeing large cross-functional projects in a high-scale application environment.
Extensive 7+ years of experience with Java, JavaScript, REST, and JSON.
A demonstrated understanding of web and API platform technologies including microservices, containerization, and observability.
Proven experience with the full development lifecycle from concept to delivery.
Proficient in release management, software development, or IT operations, with a strong understanding of release processes, methodologies, and tools.
Expert-level project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple release projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks based on business needs and deadlines.
Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Expert in release management best practices, including version control, configuration management, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Proficient in release management tools such as Jira, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
Familiarity with ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) processes and practices, particularly in the areas of change management and release management.
Able to troubleshoot issues, analyze root causes, and implement effective solutions to mitigate risks and ensure successful releases.

Educational Qualification

Bachelor's/ Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

We offer a professional work environment and are given every opportunity to grow in the Information technology world.

Note

Candidates are required to attend Phone/Video Call / In-person interviews, and after Selection, the candidate (He/She) should go through all background checks on Education and Experience.

Please email your resume: anandinik@petadata.co

After carefully reviewing your experience, and skills one of our HR team members will contact you on the next steps.

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