About the role
Role Title: Release Manager
Role Summary
The Release Manager oversees and executes release management activities to ensure successful, seamless code deployments across all lower and production environments. This is a hands-on role requiring a technical expert who will maintain robust CI/CD pipelines while actively collaborating with multiple teams to deliver artifacts on time. By enforcing established SDLC release processes, troubleshooting deployment failures, and managing clear client communications, you will ensure high-quality software delivery and operational stability.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage Deployments: Coordinate and execute end-to-end release management activities to ensure successful code deployment across lower and production environments.
• Pipeline Engineering: Maintain automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment workflows, optimize delivery speed, and reduce manual errors.
• Process Enforcement: Enforce established SDLC release processes, governance models, and deployment protocols across all internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Cross-Team Liaison: Partner actively with multiple development, engineering, and product teams to track dependencies and ensure all release artifacts are delivered on time.
• Troubleshoot Failures: Diagnose and troubleshoot complex CI/CD pipeline and deployment failures rapidly, recommending and implementing permanent technical fixes.
• Client Communication: Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, providing clear, transparent updates regarding release schedules, risks, and deployment statuses.
Required Qualifications
• CI/CD Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience building, scaling, and maintaining continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines using GitLab and GitHub.
• Data Stack Familiarity: Hands-on experience managing and executing code deployments specifically for Snowflake, Apache Airflow, and DBT.
• SDLC Knowledge: Deep understanding of the standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and release management methodologies.
• Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven track record of successful client-facing communication and stakeholder management.
• Problem Solving: Strong technical troubleshooting skills with the ability to isolate infrastructure, pipeline, or code configuration failures under tight release deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience working within cloud data warehouse environments or data engineering release tracks.
• Certification in GitLab, GitHub Actions, or relevant cloud/DevOps practices.
• Experience managing releases in multi-tenant or complex enterprise client ecosystems.
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