Release Manager
EPITEC · Chicago, IL · 5 days ago
Business Development$85–$88/hrContract
Responsibilities
- Own release planning, release cadence, deployment execution, and Go/No-Go activities
- Coordinate with Engineering, QA, Product, Infrastructure, and Business stakeholders
- Maintain and monitor CI/CD pipelines, deployment activities, and release readiness
- Facilitate rollback planning, risk mitigation, release documentation, and post-release validation
- Lead Scrum of Scrums and cross-team release coordination efforts
- Review deployment logs, triage pipeline failures, and coordinate resolution with development teams
- Manage release variables, environment configurations, daily builds, and feature deployment activities
- Drive continuous improvement in release quality, deployment reliability, and delivery processes
Requirements
- 8+ years of Release Management, Delivery Management, DevOps, or related experience
- 6+ years working with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Azure DevOps, and modern DevOps tools
- Strong understanding of AWS cloud environments and deployment processes
- Experience supporting Agile/Scrum software delivery across multiple teams
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work flexible hours when required to support release schedules
Qualifications
- Strong understanding of AWS cloud environments and deployment processes
- Experience supporting Agile/Scrum software delivery across multiple teams
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work flexible hours when required to support release schedules
Skills
- Release Train Engineer (RTE), Scrum Master, Technical Program Manager, or similar background
- Python experience
- Experience with automated testing, BDD, and Cucumber
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, rollback procedures, and release governance
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) Match