Release Consultant

Release Manager

Location: Hyderabad
Experience: 7-10 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager with 7-10 years of experience in managing complex application and platform releases across enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Release Management, Change Management, ITIL processes, CI/CD practices, Agile delivery methodologies, and end-to-end deployment governance. Experience supporting Digital Banking applications and platforms will be highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Release Management

• Plan, coordinate, and manage end-to-end release activities across multiple applications and technology teams.
• Develop and maintain release calendars, deployment schedules, and release governance processes.
• Ensure successful delivery of application releases with minimal business disruption.
• Coordinate release readiness reviews and post-release validation activities.
• Manage release dependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.

Change & Deployment Management

• Lead Change Advisory Board (CAB) activities and ensure compliance with change management policies.
• Evaluate release risks and ensure appropriate approvals before production deployments.
• Coordinate production deployments, rollbacks, and contingency planning.
• Ensure deployment activities are executed as per defined processes and standards.
• Drive continuous improvements in release and deployment practices.

SDLC & CI/CD

• Collaborate with development, QA, DevOps, and infrastructure teams throughout the SDLC lifecycle.
• Support and optimize CI/CD pipeline-driven release processes.
• Promote release automation and deployment standardization.
• Ensure quality gates and release controls are followed before moving changes to production.

Agile & Scrum Delivery

• Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and development teams to align releases with sprint and program milestones.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, release planning, and backlog prioritization discussions.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely feature delivery and deployment readiness.

Digital Banking Release Coordination

• Manage releases for customer-facing digital banking platforms and critical financial services applications.
• Ensure regulatory, security, compliance, and operational requirements are incorporated into release planning.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders to minimize impact on customer and banking operations during releases.

Reporting & Governance

• Provide release status reports, dashboard updates, and executive-level communications.
• Track release KPIs, deployment success rates, change success metrics, and operational impacts.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and identify opportunities for process optimization.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7-10 years of experience in Release Management, Change Management, or Application Delivery Governance.
• Strong knowledge of ITIL processes, including Change, Incident, Problem, and Release Management.
• Hands-on experience with SDLC and CI/CD practices.
• Experience working in Agile and Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of release governance, deployment planning, and risk management.
• Experience using ServiceNow for Change and Release Management.
• Experience using JIRA for Agile planning, release tracking, and project coordination.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple releases across complex technology landscapes.

Preferred Skills

• Experience supporting Digital Banking, Retail Banking, Payments, or Financial Services platforms.
• Exposure to DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Bamboo, or similar.
• Knowledge of cloud-based deployment environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Understanding of application monitoring and post-release validation processes.
• ITIL Foundation, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or Release Management certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in ITIL, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or Release Management preferred.

Key Competencies

• Release Management
• Change & Deployment Management
• ITIL Service Management
• SDLC & CI/CD Governance
• Agile & Scrum Delivery
• Digital Banking Releases
• ServiceNow & JIRA
• Risk & Compliance Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Continuous Process Improvement