Q2 is seeking a team-focused Lead Release Engineer with a passion for managing releases to ensure we release quality software developed using Agile Scrum methodology. Working within the Development team, the Release Manager will work in a fast-paced environment with Development, Test Engineering, IT, Product Management, Design, Implementations, Support and other internal teams to drive efficiencies, transparency, quality and predictability in our software delivery pipeline.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide leadership on cross-functional development focused software release process.
- Management of the product release cycle to new and existing clients including the build release process and any hotfix releases
- Support end-to-end process for production issue resolution including impact analysis of the issue, identifying the client impacts, tracking the fix through dev/testing and deploying the fix in various production branches.
- Work with engineering team to understand impacts of branches and code merges.
- Identify, communicate, and mitigate release delivery risks.
- Measure and monitor progress to ensure product features are delivered on time.
- Lead recurring release reporting/status meetings to include discussion around release scope, risks and challenges.
- Responsible for planning, monitoring, executing, and implementing the software release strategy.
- Establish completeness criteria for release of successfully tested software component and their dependencies to gate the delivery of releases to Implementation groups
- Serve as a liaison between business units to guarantee smooth and timely delivery of software packages to our Implementations and Support teams
- Create and analyze operational trends and data used for decision making, root cause analysis and performance measurement.
- Build partnerships, work collaboratively, and communicate effectively to achieve shared objectives.
- Make Improvements to processes to improve the experience and delivery for internal and external customers.
- Responsible for ensuring that all security, availability, confidentiality and privacy policies and controls are adhered to.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 4 years related experience in product release management role.
- Excellent understanding of software delivery lifecycle.
- Technical Background with experience in common Scrum and Agile practices preferred.
- Deep knowledge of software development processes, CI/CD pipelines and Agile Methodology
- Experience with tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence.
- Familiarity with enterprise software deployment architecture and methodologies.
- Proven ability in building effective partnership with diverse groups in multiple locations/environments
- Ability to convey technical concepts to business-oriented teams.
- Capable of assessing and communicating risks and mitigations while managing ambiguity.
- Experience managing customer and internal expectations while understanding the organizational and customer impact.
- Strong organizational, process, leadership, and collaboration skills.
- Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.

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• Bachelors Degree in a related discipline is strongly preferred
• 3 or more years experience with Software Configuration Management tools, concepts, and processes.
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• Familiarity with object-oriented concepts and programming in C# and Power Shell Scripting.
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- Work with developers to build out CI/CD pipelines, enable self-service build tools and reusable deployment jobs. Find, explore, and advocate for new technologies for enterprise use.
- Automate the provisioning of environments
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- Manage a Continuous Integration and Deployment environment.
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Qualifications:
- B.E/ B.Tech/ M.C.A in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics and Electrical Engineering.
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- Hands-on DevOps (Git, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Python/Ruby)
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- Knowledge on what is a DevOps CI/CD Pipeline
- Understanding of version control systems like Git, including branching and merging strategies
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- Knowledge writing Unix Shell (bash, ksh) scripts
- Knowledge of what is automation/configuration management using Ansible, Terraform, Chef or Puppet
- Experience and willingness to keep learning in a Linux environment
- Ability to provide after-hours support as needed for emergency or urgent situations
Nice to have’s:
- Proficient with container based products like docker and Kubernetes
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Able to work in a team and be a team player
- Knowledge of PHP, MySQL, Apache and other open source software
- BA/BS in computer science or similar

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