Dev Lead / Release Manager (AWS)

Experis-US; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis Technology Group is seeking an experienced Dev Lead / Release Manager to oversee AWS application deployments, release planning, and CI/CD execution across cloud-native applications. The role emphasizes AWS deployment automation, release governance, and delivering software in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include leading release activities, designing CI/CD pipelines, coordinating across teams, and driving best practices and security compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software delivery, release management, or DevOps leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS CodePipeline and AWS deployment services.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD methodologies and automation frameworks.
• Experience supporting cloud-native AWS applications.
• Strong understanding of source control management, branching strategies, and release governance.
• Experience troubleshooting deployment failures and coordinating production releases.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead application release management activities across multiple AWS environments.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines utilizing AWS-native services.
• Manage release schedules, change controls, deployment validations, and rollback strategies.
• Coordinate development, QA, infrastructure, and business stakeholders throughout the release lifecycle.
• Establish software delivery best practices and deployment standards.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and operational requirements.
• Identify deployment risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase deployment reliability and velocity.

Skills

Release management

AWS CI/CD

AWS CodePipeline

CI/CD automation

Release governance

Source control management

Communication

Tools

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Job Title : Dev Lead / Release Manager (AWS)

Location : Seattle, WA (Remote)

Duration : 7+ Months

Pay rate: $ 65/hr

Job Description: Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Dev Lead / Release Manager to oversee AWS application deployments, release planning, and CI/CD execution across cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS deployment automation, release governance, and software delivery best practices within enterprise-scale environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead application release management activities across multiple AWS environments.
• Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines utilizing AWS-native services.
• Manage release schedules, change controls, deployment validations, and rollback strategies.
• Coordinate development, QA, infrastructure, and business stakeholders throughout the release lifecycle.
• Establish software delivery best practices and deployment standards.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, and operational requirements.
• Identify deployment risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase deployment reliability and velocity.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software delivery, release management, or DevOps leadership roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS CodePipeline and AWS deployment services.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD methodologies and automation frameworks.
• Experience supporting cloud-native AWS applications.
• Strong understanding of source control management, branching strategies, and release governance.
• Experience troubleshooting deployment failures and coordinating production releases.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous Amazon or AWS experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform).
• AWS certifications.
• Experience leading globally distributed teams.