Release Manager

Highbrow LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech consulting firm in Bellevue, Washington, is seeking a Release Manager to supervise the release process and improve collaboration across teams. The role requires 3-6 years of experience in release management, specifically in cloud operations. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and project management skills and be familiar with Agile methodologies. This is an opportunity to enhance the software delivery process with a focus on deployment and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of release and/or project management experience.
• Prior experience performing release management for cloud operations.
• General PC knowledge including expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Measure and monitor progress to ensure applications are delivered on time.
• Manage risks and resolve issues affecting scope, schedule, and quality.
• Coordinate release content and effort based on various factors.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Project Management skills

Agile techniques

Education

Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel)

AWS Infrastructure

Docker

Jenkins

Linux platforms

Job description

Release Manager

(Department Digital Commerce Domain)

Start date:Immediately (Preferred)

Job Location: Bellevue, Washington

Requirement

Locate Software is looking for a Release Manager for our client in Bellevue, Washington. The candidate will manage the BRT team and this role requires an individual who strongly advocates, implements, automates, and monitors all steps of software construction from integration through build, testing, and release to deployment. You will own the Release Management lifecycle which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the enterprise for multiple applications across various portfolio. Also, this candidate must work in a highly collaborative environment with various inter / intra organizations, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) – Amazon Web Services (AWS), APIGEE, Oracle, etc., and as such, a strong team player with a commitment to perfection is required.

Role and Responsibilities

• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time, and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
• Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, defects / bugs, service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
• Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
• Conduct and lead Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
• Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans
• Weekly Release Reporting and manage release dashboard
• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
• Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities
• Create, document, execute, and improve the process of build packaging, verification, certification and release
• Manage and work with BRT engineers to coordinate all Build and Release activities – branching strategy, analyze the impacts of branches / environment and code merges
• Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors.
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
• Lead and co‑ordinate the Go‑Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
• Validation of scripts and ensure they are risk free – automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms
• Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
• Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
• Researches new software development and configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyzes their application to current configuration management needs
• Software and Security patching – meet all the required compliances

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience
• 3-6 years of release and/or project management experience.
• Prior experience performs release management for cloud operations
• Strong leadership, communication, and presentation skills with a firm sense of accountability, ownership for the end‑to‑end project lifecycle, and exceptional Project Management skills
  Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross‑functional work teams toward task completion
• General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office expert level knowledge of Excel.
• Proven ability to take initiative and execute using agile techniques.

Good to have

• Work / Hands‑on experience in AWS Infrastructure, Bitbucket, Docker Container, Jenkins, Linux platforms
• Knowledge of DevOps capabilities such as Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD), Automated Testing, etc.