Release Manager - W2 Position

W2 Position Only

The following requirement is open with our client. 

Client                                     : TCS

Title                                       : Release Manager

Location                               : Stamford, CT/Remote (Remote)

Duration                              : 12 Months

Rate                                       : $60/hr on W2

Relevant Experience      :  

Detailed Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Release Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering software releases across multiple environments in a controlled, predictable, and efficient manner. This role ensures that releases meet quality standards, align with business priorities, and are delivered on schedule with minimal risk. The Release Manager serves as a key liaison between Development, QA, Operations, DevOps, and business stakeholders, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout the release lifecycle.

Job Responsibilities:

·         Plan, schedule, and coordinate software releases across development, test, staging, and production environments.

·         Own and maintain the release calendar, ensuring alignment with business priorities and avoiding conflicts across teams and applications.

·         Coordinate release activities with DevOps, Development, QA, Infrastructure, and Client stakeholders

·         Ensure all release artifacts—including builds, release notes, deployment scripts, and rollback plans—are complete, reviewed, and approved prior to deployment.

·         Enforce release governance, change management processes, and compliance standards in accordance with organizational policies.

·         Identify, assess, and mitigate release risks; manage cross team dependencies and resolve scheduling or delivery conflicts.

·         Lead release planning, readiness, and playbook meetings; provide clear and timely release status communications to stakeholders.

·         Support incident management activities related to releases and lead post deployment issue analysis and resolution.

·         Drive continuous improvement of release management processes, automation, and tooling to increase efficiency and reliability.

·         Maintain accurate documentation, including runbooks, release procedures, and deployment standards.

Must Have Skills:

•                     Bachelor''''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.

•                     5+ years of experience in IT, software delivery, DevOps, or release management.

•                     Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile/Scrum methodologies.

•                     Hands on experience with CI/CD pipelines and release orchestration

•                     Proficiency with source code and release management tools such as Git and GitLab.

•                     Working knowledge of change management frameworks (e.g., ITIL).

•                     Proven experience coordinating releases across multiple teams and applications.

•                     Strong analytical, organizational, and problem solving skills.

•                     Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical      stakeholders.

•                     Ability to manage multiple concurrent releases in a fast paced environment.

•                     Knowledge of automation through scripting or coding (e.g., shell scripts, Python, etc.).

•                     Experience managing JIRA stories, releases, and workflows.

Thanks and Regards, 

Goutham Eluri

Technical Recruiter 

ASCII Group LLC. 

38345 W. 10 Mile Rd, Ste.#365; Farmington, MI  48335 

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