Release Manager

Berkeley Square IT; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy in Bristol is seeking to hire a Release Manager to drive their digital release strategy. The role involves developing release strategies, managing resources, and implementing automated capabilities. Ideal candidates will have over 3 years of experience in release management and a strong background in DevOps. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to significant digital transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of prior release management experience.
• Demonstrable expertise in effective release management.
• As an experienced DevOps and CI/CD practitioner.

Responsibilities

• Develop and obtain approval for the release strategy.
• Ensure release strategy and processes are aligned across all workstreams.
• Implement necessary process changes for the end-state release strategy.

Skills

release management

DevOps

CI/CD

automation tooling

source control

code management

Job description

Location

• Bristol/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity to join our client and take a lead role in driving their Digital Release & Environment strategy.

Specific Requirements

You will demonstrate the required skills and manage resources (both internal and external) needed to deliver the Release and Environments Service across a range of platforms, all seamlessly integrated within one another, hosted in a mix of Salesforce, Azure, AWS, on-premise and more.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop and obtain approval for the release strategy for the end-state Programme.
• Ensure release strategy and processes are aligned across all workstreams where possible.
• Implement necessary process changes to transition to the end-state release strategy in support of the delivery roadmap.
• Demonstrable expertise in effective release management for multi-tier technology estates.
• Minimum of 3 years of prior release management experience.
• As an experienced DevOps and CI/CD practitioner, with a proven track record in creating release strategies and seeing them through to business as usual through the use of automation tooling, CI/CD pipelines and data refresh processes.
• Proficiency in source control, code management, branching, and build pipelines.
• Track record in creating, managing, and publishing release roadmaps.
• Experience in implementing automated release management capabilities.
• Previous involvement in managing multiple test environments and related release schedules.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a company at the next stage of their Digital Transformation and make a significant contribution to their growth and success over the coming years.

Note: If this sounds like a good fit for yourself, get in touch with Luke Browne