Internal Cloud Release Manager

Position type: Full-time, Contract (12+ months)

Location: 3 days onsite per week in Chandler, AZ. W-2 engagement only.

About the role

As an Internal Cloud Release Manager, you will oversee release lifecycles for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or shared services within a regulated environment where platform stability, auditability, and change controls are mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Manage release lifecycles for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or shared services.
• Coordinate release management, change management, and dependency tracking across complex, multi-team environments.
• Use Jira, Agile/SAFe tooling, and release tracking mechanisms to manage large delivery backlogs.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) to safely promote automated changes into production.
• Define release standards, readiness criteria, and governance frameworks for shared platforms.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience managing release lifecycles for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or shared services.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Agile/SAFe tooling, and release tracking mechanisms.
• Strong working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).
• Experience operating within regulated environments with mandatory platform stability, auditability, and change controls.

Qualifications

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), ITIL Change Management, or equivalent certification (desired).
• 5-7+ years supporting infrastructure or cloud platform releases at enterprise scale (desired).
• Experience releasing VMware-based platforms, internal clouds, or hybrid cloud environments (desired).
• Financial services or similarly regulated industry experience (desired).

Pay

$68 - $73 per hour. Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, and other factors.

Benefits

• Medical and pharmacy coverage
• Dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life insurance and pet insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Accident and critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal and ID theft protection
• Sick time and other types of paid leave (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)