Release Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Release & Environment Management:

• Manage release schedules, timelines, and coordination with multiple delivery streams.
• Own the setup and consistency of lower environments and production cutover readiness.
• Ensure effective version control, build validation, and artifact management across CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee rollback strategies, patch releases, and post-deployment validations.

Toolchain Ownership:

• Manage and maintain DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, SonarQube, JFrog, Argo CD, and Terraform.
• Govern container orchestration through Kubernetes and Helm.
• Maintain secrets and credential hygiene through HashiCorp Vault and related tools.

Infrastructure & Automation:

• Work closely with Cloud, DevOps, and SRE teams to ensure automated and secure deployments.
• Leverage GCP (VPC, Compute Engine, GKE, Load Balancer, IAM, VPN, GCS) for scalable infrastructure.
• Ensure adherence to infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards using Terraform and Helm charts.

Monitoring, Logging & Stability:

• Implement and manage observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Datadog.
• Monitor release impact, track service health post-deployment, and lead incident response if required.
• Drive continuous improvement for faster and safer releases by implementing lessons from RCAs.

Compliance, Documentation & Coordination:

• Use Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for release planning, documentation, and service tickets.
• Implement basic security standards (OWASP, WAF, GCP Cloud Armor) in release practices.
• Conduct cross-team coordination with QA, Dev, CloudOps, and Security for aligned delivery.ole & responsibilities