Identity Management Governance Contractor

Job Title: Identity Management Governance Contractor
Location: Onsite in Jersey City, NJ
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Role Summary:
• Lead engineering governance for a regulated, enterprise-scale Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) rollout. Own the release management framework, testing and quality controls, and audit-ready evidence management to ensure platform and onboarding changes are deployed safely, consistently, and in compliance with governance standards.
 
Key Responsibilities
• Manage end-to-end release governance for Google Cloud Platform platform and onboarding initiatives, including release planning, change approvals, go/no-go decisions, rollback procedures, and hypercare support. 
• Define and enforce quality gates for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and platform changes, including test strategies, regression testing coverage, environment promotion criteria, and peer review standards. 
• Lead release readiness activities and post-release validation, including cutover planning, smoke testing, monitoring verification, and incident coordination during release windows. 
• Establish and maintain standards for release documentation and evidence collection, including change records, test results, approvals, and deployment traceability aligned with compliance requirements. 
• Coordinate cross-functional dependencies across IAM, networking, security, compliance, platform engineering, and application teams, ensuring timely decision-making and issue resolution. 
• Analyze recurring release issues, identify process gaps, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement through corrective actions and automation. 
• Define operational handoff processes, including runbooks, support models, SLAs, and knowledge base documentation to ensure production readiness. 
 
Required Skills
• 7+ years of experience in Release Management, Release Governance, Testing, or Change Management. 
• Strong experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) environments. 
• Expertise in release planning, testing governance, quality assurance, and deployment controls. 
• Experience managing releases in regulated enterprise environments. 
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), change management, and audit/compliance requirements. 
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills. 
 
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with cloud platform rollouts and large-scale onboarding programs. 
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release automation. 
• Background in financial services or other highly regulated industries. 
• Experience supporting contract-to-hire engagements and enterprise transformation initiatives