Release Manager

Acesoft Labs; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,400,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Acesoft Labs is seeking a hands-on Release Manager with strong DevOps and infrastructure expertise to lead software release pipelines, tooling, and automation across distributed systems. You will coordinate across engineering, QA, and SRE teams to ensure secure, stable, and timely delivery of applications.

The role requires 12+ years of experience in release management and DevOps, with hands-on work across Jenkins, Kubernetes, IaC, and security best practices.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on Release Management experience in DevOps/Infrastructure
• Strong expertise in building and maintaining release pipelines and automation
• Proven ability to coordinate across engineering, QA, SRE and security teams
• Deep knowledge of version control, CI/CD, artifact management and build integrity
• Experience with cloud platforms and IaC tooling
• Familiarity with security standards (OWASP, WAF) and compliance practices

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage release schedules and cutovers
• Oversee environment readiness, rollback strategies, and postdeployment validations
• Ensure version control, CI/CD artifact management, and build integrity
• Administer tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Argo CD, JFrog, and Terraform
• Manage Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
• Maintain secrets via Vault and related tools
• Collaborate with CloudOps, Dev, QA, and Security for secure automated deployments
• Implement observability practices with monitoring tools and RCAs

Skills

Release management

DevOps leadership

Automation & scripting

CI/CD orchestration

Cloud infrastructure

System reliability

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Bitbucket

SonarQube

Argo CD

JFrog

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

Vault

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Datadog

Job description

Job Title: Release Manager Tools & Infrastructure

Location: Ahmedabad & Hyderabad

Experience Level: 12 + years

Department: Engineering / Devops

Reporting To: Head of Devops / Engineering Director

Were looking for a hands‑on Release Manager with strong Devops and Infrastructure expertise to lead software release pipelines, tooling, and automation across distributed systems. This role ensures secure, stable, and timely delivery of applications while coordinating across engineering, QA, and SRE teams.

Key Responsibilities

Release & Environment Management

• Plan and manage release schedules and cutovers
• Oversee environment readiness, rollback strategies, and post‑deployment validations
• Ensure version control, CI/CD artifact management, and build integrity

Toolchain Ownership

• Administer tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Argo CD, JFrog, and Terraform
• Manage Kubernetes and Helm for container orchestration
• Maintain secrets via Vault and related tools

Infrastructure & Automation

• Work with Cloud & DevOps teams for secure, automated deployments
• Use GCP (GKE, VPC, IAM, Load Balancer, GCS) with IaC standards (Terraform, Helm)

Monitoring & Stability

• Implement observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog
• Monitor release health, manage incident responses, and improve via RCAs

Compliance & Coordination

• Use Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow for planning and documentation
• Apply OWASP/WAF/GCP Cloud Armor standards
• Align releases with Dev, QA, CloudOps, and Security teams