Technical Release engineering Manager - Phoenix, AZ (Contract)

Hi,

Cloudious is a Digital Technology Services company headquartered in San Jose, CA with Global presence in Canada, United Kingdom, India, Australia and Singapore.

We have the below urgent demand with one of our direct clients based out at Phoenix, AZ- Hybrid (2-3 days per week onsite) for a long term contract role.

Job Qualficiations:

Core Skills for a Release Engineer

• Release & Project Management: Experience managing release lifecycles, coordinating multiple applications and portfolios. Including on call support.
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): Strong understanding of SDLC and Agile frameworks.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to work with development, QA, operations, and business teams.
• Technical Knowledge:
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps and/or TFS administration.
  • Hands-on experience with build and release pipelines.
• Leadership: Leading technical teams and managing dependencies.
• Communication & Documentation: Clear communication of release schedules, risks, and readiness.
• Risk Management: Ability to anticipate and mitigate risks during release cycles.

Essential Tools for Release Engineer

• Pipeline CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Azure DevOps.
• Project Management: ADO for tracking releases and dependencies.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (for modern deployment environments).
• Monitoring & Analytics: Tools for performance and release health checks.
• Collaboration Platforms: Teams, Confluence for documentation and communication.
• Change & Incident Management: ServiceNow or similar platforms for managing change requests.
• Orchestration: Digital Ai intelligence
• Others: Visual Code & Visual Studio for merges, PowerShell, Terraform for IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
• Repo Management: ADO & GitHub enterprise.
• Reporting: PowerBi, Digital Ai, Serving Blue.