Release Consultant

Salt Lake, UT - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Title: Release Consultant

Location: Salt Lake City UT (Onsite)

Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities:

Agile / Scrum Leadership:

Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and ensure alignment with Agile best practices.
Facilitate sprint planning daily standups sprint reviews and retrospectives.
Remove impediments and enable efficient delivery for developers and QA teams.
Coach Product Owners on backlog refinement prioritization and user story clarity.
Track key Agile metrics (velocity burndown capacity etc.) to drive continuous improvement and transparency.

Release Management:

Plan manage and coordinate release cycles across multiple environments.
Maintain an integrated release calendar and ensure deployment readiness.
Collaborate with DevOps QA and engineering teams for smooth predictable releases.
Identify and manage release risks issues and dependencies.
Oversee post release validation reporting and retrospective analysis.
Communicate release timelines status and potential impacts to stakeholders.

Day-to-Day Job Duties:

Facilitate daily standup meetings and ensure team progress is tracked.
Monitor sprint execution identify blockers and coordinate their resolution.
Support the Product Owner in grooming and prioritizing the product backlog.
Update Agile boards dashboards and sprint documentation in real time.
Coordinate release activities with DevOps QA and development teams.
Review release readiness criteria and validate deployment checklists.
Track and report on sprint velocity release progress and team performance.
Host release reviews and retrospectives to improve future release cycles.
Maintain communication with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment.
Ensure adherence to Agile processes release standards and compliance guidelines.

Basic Qualifications:

5 years of proven experience as a Scrum Master Release Manager or in a combined Agile delivery role.
Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum Kanban) and release management practices.
Experience coordinating deployments in collaboration with DevOps and QA teams.
Proficiency with Agile tools such as Jira Azure DevOps Rally or equivalents.
Excellent communication facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
Strong problem solving abilities and experience resolving delivery or release blockers.
Ability to manage multiple release cycles in a fast paced environment.
Must be onsite in Salt Lake City UT

Education Qualification:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.

Travel Requirement:

No travel required for this role.

Nice-to-Have Experience:

Certification(s) such as CSM PSM I/II SAFe Scrum Master or equivalent.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps).
Knowledge of ITIL processes or Change Management in enterprise environments.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
Experience working in large-scale multi-team Agile environments (SAFe LeSS etc.).
Experience managing releases in environments with microservices or distributed architectures

Title: Release Consultant Location: Salt Lake City UT (Onsite) Type: Contract Key Responsibilities: Agile / Scrum Leadership: Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and ensure alignment with Agile best practices. Facilitate sprint planning daily standups sprint reviews and retrospectives. Remove impediments...