Release Manager
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Position Description:
Founded in 1976 CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94000 consultants and professionals across the globe CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at .
Job Title: Release Manager
Position: SSE/ LA
Experience:4 to 8
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift: General Shift
Main location: Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad
Position ID: J0825-0223
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Job Description
Mange Test environments facilitate deployments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development QA operations project management) to ensure smooth and timely deployments to the target environments.
Tracking & ensuring the desired content is deployed to an environment.
Lead Go-Live activities including deployment planning execution and post-release support.
Conduct release readiness reviews milestone reviews and business go/no-go decisions.
Maintain release documentation including runbooks implementation plans and release notes.
Identify and manage risks related to release schedule and quality.
Continuously improve release processes and tools to enhance efficiency and reliability.
Track and report release metrics and KPIs to stakeholders.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Monitor progress of software releases from inception to delivery.
Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely and successful releases
Develop and implement release branching & merging strategies and schedules
Identify and manage risks that may affect release schedule and quality
Conduct Release Readiness reviews Milestone Reviews and Business Go/No-Go reviews
Communicate release details and schedules to the stakeholders
Lead and coordinate release activities with Project Management Development QA and Operations teams
Provide continuous improvement feedback to the release process
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
Required skills
Bachelors or masters degree or equivalent degree with 6-10 years
Proven experience as a Release Manager or in a similar role in software development or IT operations.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) branching & merging strategy and DevOps practices.
Experience with release management tools (e.g. Jenkins Git Jira Azure DevOps).
Excellent project management communication and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple releases simultaneously.
Familiarity with SAFe Agile Scrum and ITIL methodologies.
Preferred skills
Experience in Insurance Domain (Non-Life insurance preferred)
Certifications on Agile/Release Managemnt
Experience to customize Test Automation Framework
Experience with CI/CD pipeline management (Jenkins/Git/Bitbucket/ Bamboo)
Experienced in Agile / Scrum methodology and familiar with tools like Jira Confluence Splunk
Excellent technical leadership and communication skills with proven ability in collaborating with clients onsite counterparts third party vendors & team members
Skills:
- MySQL
- Release Management
- DevOps
- GIT
- GIT
- Insurance
- Jenkins
What you can expect from us:
Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.
Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because
You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.
Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.
Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.
Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
