Release Manager-

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Release Manager position! This is a 6-18 months contract and will be hybrid Buffalo NY 4 days on site.

This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Shepherd application code through the complete release lifecycle from development to production deployment
• Coordinate quality gates user acceptance testing regression testing performance testing and penetration testing across multiple concurrent releases
• Manage weekly release schedules coordinating dozen deployments across 100 engineers and cross-functional stakeholders
• Drive migration of on-premises deployment pipelines to Azure-based CI/CD infrastructure
• Facilitate release readiness reviews ensuring completion of auditable deliverables testing requirements and rollback plans
• Maintain and execute deployment automation pipelines while ensuring platform integrity and zero-downtime deployments
• Collaborate with developers validators technical teams business partners and database/network teams throughout release cycles
• Establish continuous release cadences supporting daily microservice builds and bi-weekly sprint cycles
• Identify and mitigate cross-application dependencies deployment conflicts and release risks
• Conduct post-release reviews and implement process improvements to enhance delivery speed and reliability

What Youll Need to Have:

• 6 years of Release Engineering DevOps or Platform Engineering experience in enterprise environments
• Proven expertise in release coordination and communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong multitasking ability managing multiple concurrent releases and competing priorities
• Hands-on experience with GitLab including Git-based version control branching strategies and code promotion models
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD pipeline design development administration and execution
• Proficiency in PowerShell for deployment automation and scripting
• Experience with Azure DevOps and cloud-based software delivery platforms
• Financial services or highly regulated industry experience strongly preferred

Pay Range: $60-65/hr

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