Release Manager (AWS/Cloud) - Contract/CTH

E*Pro Inc; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading IT consulting firm in Boston seeks a Release Manager (AWS/Cloud) to lead the Release Management lifecycle and oversee multiple application portfolios. The role requires expertise in AWS and experience with automated build and deployment pipelines. Responsibilities include scheduling releases, defining source control strategies, and improving existing processes through automation. Ideal candidates have a minimum of 5 years IT experience with strong skills in Jenkins and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT, with 3 years as Release Engineer/Manager.
• Expertise in AWS and continuous integration/deployment.
• Experience with configuration management systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire Release Management lifecycle across multiple applications.
• Build and maintain the IT Release Calendar.
• Define source control strategies and analyze the release process.

Skills

Release Management

Automated build and deploy pipelines

AWS deployments

Collaboration

Software deployment

Tools

Jenkins

Git/GitHub

MySQL

Puppet

Chef

Job description

Release Manager (AWS/Cloud) - Contract/CTH

E*Pro Consulting service offerings include contingent Staff Augmentation of IT professionals, Permanent Recruiting and Temp-to-Hire. In addition, our industry expertise and knowledge within financial services, Insurance, Telecom, Manufacturing, Technology, Media and Entertainment, Pharmaceutical, Health Care and service industries ensures our services are customized to meet specific needs. For more details please visit our website www.epro-tech.com

We have been retained for providing recruiting assistance, for direct hires, by one of the world‑leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization that envisioned and pioneered the adoption of the flexible global business practices that today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value.

Responsibilities

• Own the Release Management lifecycle including scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the enterprise for multiple applications and portfolios
• Building the IT Release Calendar working closely with the IT release managers from different portfolios across IT and centralizing view of all releases.
• Leads the effort of defining the IT strategic direction for release management tools for IT
• Assist in managing projects and interdependencies to ensure milestone adherence and the integrity of releases
• Define source control strategies according to business needs of application portfolio
• Analyzing existing release process to identify opportunities for improvement using automation and new technologies
• Creating automated processes for releasing and deploying software
• Develop and implement continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and other CI tools
• Perform software deployments as needed
• Construct and build tools for checking system performance
• Collaborate with other developers, testers, and system engineers to ensure quality product enhancements

Experience

• 5+ years overall, 7 years preferred
• 3+ years as Release Engineer/Release Manager
• 1+ years working on automated build and deploy pipelines
• Experience with large scale AWS deployments

Technical Expertise

• Exposure to multiple industry leading local and distributed configuration management systems
• Jenkins, Hudson, Rundeck
• Working knowledge of Puppet/Chef
• Amazon Web Services
• MySQL
• Ant, Maven, Rake
• Ruby, Perl, Shell scripting
• Git/GitHub, Subversion, CVS
• Familiarity with Linux/Windows Administration

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