Release Manager

LTM; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical Plan

401(k) Plan with Company match

Paid Vacation & Holidays

Disability Coverage

Life Insurance

Job summary

LTIMindtree in the United States seeks a seasoned Release Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to lead software releases across multiple environments, ensuring smooth, reliable, and timely delivery through effective release planning, automation, and cross-functional collaboration.

The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in CICD pipelines, deployment automation, and enterprise release coordination, with a strong focus on governance and operational excellence across the release lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Release Management/DevOps Engineer or similar role (enterprise environments).
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Deep understanding of software release management processes and deployment strategies.
• Experience with automation tools, scripting, and multi-environment deployments.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Release Planning Coordination: Develop and manage release calendars, schedules, and timelines.
• Coordinate with Development, QA, Operations, and Business teams for release readiness.
• Lead release readiness meetings and align stakeholders.
• Communicate release status, risks, and dependencies across teams and leadership.
• Document release processes and best practices for standardization.

Skills

Release Management

DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Automation scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Change governance

Tools

Octopus Deploy

GitHub

Azure DevOps

Job description

Role description

We are seeking a seasoned Release Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to lead and coordinate software releases across multiple environments. This role is responsible for ensuring smooth reliable and timely delivery of applications through effective release planning automation and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in CICD pipelines deployment automation and enterprise release coordination along with the ability to drive consistency governance and operational excellence across the release lifecycle.

Overview

We are seeking a seasoned Release Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to lead and coordinate software releases across multiple environments. This role is responsible for ensuring smooth reliable and timely delivery of applications through effective release planning automation and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will bring deep experience in CICD pipelines deployment automation and enterprise release coordination along with the ability to drive consistency governance and operational excellence across the release lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

Release Planning Coordination

• Develop maintain and manage release calendars schedules and timelines.
• Coordinate with Development QA Operations and Business teams to ensure release readiness.
• Lead release readiness meetings and facilitate stakeholder alignment.
• Communicate release status risks and dependencies across teams and leadership.
• Document release processes configurations and best practices to drive standardization and continuous improvement.

Deployment Execution

• Manage CICD pipelines using Azure DevOps Github Octopus Dpeloy.
• Provide build and deployment support for both development and production systems.
• Validate release packages prior to deployment and ensure rollback and contingency plans are in place.
• Execute and oversee production deployments with a focus on stability and minimal disruption.

Post Release Support Continuous Improvement

• Monitor post release performance and proactively resolve deployment related issues.
• Partner with engineering and operations teams to identify and implement process improvements.
• Ensure adherence to change management and governance processes eg. CRs approvals audit requirements.
• Drive improvements in automation release efficiency and deployment reliability.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Release Management DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure DevOps and CICD pipeline development.
• Deep understanding of software release management processes and deployment strategies.
• Experience with automation tools scripting and multi-environment deployments.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with change management and governance processes in enterprise environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in largescale enterprise or regulated environments.
• Background in incident management and production support.

Key Success Factors

• Ability to balance speed and stability in release execution.
• Strong attention to detail and risk management.
• Clear concise communication with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Proactive mindset focused on process improvement and automation.

Other Details

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance and internal equity.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with LTIMindtree ("LTIM"):

Benefits And Perks

• Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• 401(k) Plan with Company match
• Life Insurance
• Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salary target for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and job level and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Depending on the position offered, other forms of compensation may be provided as part of overall compensation like an annual performance-based bonus, sales incentive pay and other forms of bonus or variable compensation.

Disclaimer

The compensation and benefits information provided herein is accurate as of the date of this posting.

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law.