DevOps Release Manager (AWS/Azure)

R Systems; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

R Systems is seeking a seasoned DevOps Release Manager to lead planning, coordination and execution of software releases across enterprise cloud environments. Candidates should have strong AWS (primary) and Azure expertise, plus CI/CD automation and release governance.

The role requires 10+ years IT experience, 5+ years in release management, and hands-on experience with Datadog for monitoring and BizTalk for integrations. Hybrid work in Sacramento is supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of IT experience.
• 5+ years of Release Management experience for enterprise apps.
• 5+ years of DevOps and CI/CD implementation.
• 5+ years of AWS Cloud experience.
• 3+ years of Microsoft Azure experience.
• Experience managing enterprise production releases across distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and ITIL methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across enterprise cloud environments.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams to ensure reliable deployments.
• Implement and govern release processes, metrics, and reporting.
• Leverage AWS and Azure cloud services to optimize release pipelines and observability.

Skills

Release management

DevOps practices

Agile/Scrum/ITIL

CI/CD

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Datadog

BizTalk Server

AWS

Azure

CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy

Job description

Job Title: DevOps Release Manager

Location: Sacramento, CA - Hybrid (1-2 Days/Weekly)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across enterprise cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS (primary), Microsoft Azure, CI/CD automation, release governance, and cloud infrastructure management. Experience with Datadog for monitoring and observability and Microsoft BizTalk Server for enterprise integrations is highly preferred. The successful candidate will work closely with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient application deployments.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of overall IT experience.
• 5+ years of Release Management experience supporting enterprise applications.
• 5+ years of DevOps and CI/CD implementation experience.
• 5+ years of AWS Cloud experience.
• 3+ years of Microsoft Azure experience.
• Experience managing enterprise production releases across distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and ITIL methodologies.

Required Technical Skills

Cloud Platform

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
• Microsoft Azure – Azure DevOps, Azure App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Azure Storage

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting high-availability and mission-critical production environments.
• Experience with microservices and cloud-native application deployments.
• Experience managing enterprise integration releases involving BizTalk Server.
• Hands-on experience with Datadog dashboards, APM, log management, infrastructure monitoring, and alerting.
• Experience supporting Healthcare, Government, or Public Sector organizations.