QA /Release Manager IV

Job#: 3032443

Job Description:

Job Title: QA/Release Manager IV

Location: Cincinnati, OH (Onsite)

Pay Range: $67-$76 per hour

Length: 6 months

Job Description

This role is responsible for overseeing the integration and flow of development, testing, and deployment activities across systems, as well as planning and executing releases that include new features and enhancements. The Release Management team works closely with Agile delivery teams and program stakeholders to coordinate release plans and deployments.

The position involves supporting deployments, monitoring and resolving issues, and ensuring effective management and availability of environments. This role serves as a key liaison between Quality Assurance, Production Support, Development, Agile teams, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to assess future environment needs and develop comprehensive release plans. The role also ensures that release management standards and controls are consistently followed to support successful and stable releases.
Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to and help drive the strategy for the Release and Environment Management function
• Plan, coordinate, and execute application and infrastructure releases across multiple environments
• Ensure consistency, stability, and availability of environments in support of the existing delivery roadmap
• Develop end-to-end release plans, including QA coordination through post-production validation
• Support and oversee deployment activities, including issue monitoring and coordination of resolutions
• Build and maintain strong working relationships across IT and delivery teams
• Monitor and help ensure uptime and operational readiness of environments
• Identify, assess, manage, monitor, and report risks while operating within established risk tolerance and governance standards
• Enforce adherence to release management processes, standards, and best practices

Required Experience and Skills

• Experience managing test environments and configuration management processes
• Experience working closely with QA, Production Support, and Development teams
• Experience supporting both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies
• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) tools
• Experience with environment and release management, including support of large-scale transformations (preferred)
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

EEO Employer

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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.