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Release Manager L4

Apex Systems

Salary: $74.00/hr $75.00/hr

Job Description

What will you be doing?

• Release Planning, Coordination, and Execution:
  
  • Plan, schedule, and coordinate software releases across development teams, defining clear release scopes.
  • Manage release calendar and ensure timely resolution of tickets by the System Testing deadline.
  • Oversee deployment execution, ensuring successful delivery with no critical issues before production.
  • Maintain and improve release processes, manage release communication to leadership, and ensure compliance with change management policies.
  • Conduct release readiness reviews, post?release evaluations, and proactively mitigate risks using monitoring tools to troubleshoot issues.
  • Ensure observability practices are carried out effectively (monitor logs, tools, APM, alerts).
  
  
  
• Release Communication:
  • Communicate release plans, progress, and updates to stakeholders and senior leadership.
  
  
  
• Quality and Sign?Offs:
  • Ensure quality practices followed, secure timely sign?offs from Agile teams and UAT, and confirm BAT completed with no open items.
  
  
  
• Collaboration and Cross?Functional Support:
  • Collaborate with SRE, engineering, and cross?functional teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and secure support for releases.
  • Work with Agile teams to ensure smooth automation runs during release cycles.
  
  
  
• Resiliency Testing Oversight:
  • Plan and manage resiliency testing, coordinate team participation, document outcomes, and track follow?up actions or bug reports.
  
  
  
• Continuous Improvement and Proactive Participation:
  • Lead release retrospectives, document action items, and implement process improvements.
  • Identify blockers during release calls and recommend improvements to reduce release timelines while maintaining quality.
  
  
  

Required Technical Skills

• 7+ years experience in release management, software development, or related role within Agile environment.
• Track record of planning, coordinating, and executing software releases across teams.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions preferred), deployment processes, and automation tools.
• Ability to manage resiliency testing and document outcomes.
• Prior experience collaborating with SREs, engineering, and Agile teams.
• Terraform experience is a plus.

Success Factors

• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills for timely updates.
• Ability to ensure quality practices, secure sign?offs, and confirm BAT completion.
• Proficiency in monitoring tools, logs, and APM for proactive troubleshooting.
• Problem?solving skills to resolve blockers.
• Expertise in continuous improvement through retrospectives.
• Knowledge of change management policies and compliance.
• Ability to foster cross?functional collaboration and secure support.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Apex Systems is an equal?opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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