Senior Release Manager — Regulated ITIL/DevSecOps (12m)

Ajq; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AJQ Consulting is seeking an experienced Release Manager for a 12-month contract. Based in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Canberra, you will own the path from development into production, planning releases and leading cutovers with minimal risk and full auditability.

You will manage the release calendar, readiness gates, go/no-go decisions, and ensure audit-ready records. The role requires 7+ years in release/change roles, ITIL/CI/CD/DevSecOps knowledge, and Australian citizenship with Baseline

Qualifications

• 7+ years in release, change or service transition roles.
• Regulated, secure, large-scale enterprise experience.
• Legacy modernisation or data migration cutover experience (ideal).
• ITIL, CI/CD, and DevSecOps knowledge.
• Australian Citizenship with Baseline Clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Run the release calendar, readiness gates and go/no-go decisions
• Lead cutover planning, rehearsals, runbooks and rollback
• Keep release and approval records audit-ready

Skills

Release management

ITIL

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Auditability

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Tools

ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

GitLab

Job description

AJQ Consulting is seeking an experienced Release Manager for a 12-month contract. Based in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, or Canberra, you will own the path from development into production, planning releases and leading cutovers with minimal risk and full auditability.

You will manage the release calendar, readiness gates, go/no-go decisions, and ensure audit-ready records. The role requires 7+ years in release/change roles, ITIL/CI/CD/DevSecOps knowledge, and Australian citizenship with Baseline