Release Manager

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Hope you are doing well.

We do have a position for "Release Manager" with our client. Please find the details below and if interested please send me your updated word format resume.

Tittle: Release Manager

Location:Irvine, CA

Duration: Fulltime

Experience: 8-12 Years

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills:

Required Qualifications

Experience

8+ years of IT experience.

5+ years in Release Management, Deployment Management, or Program Delivery.

Experience managing large-scale Data Center Migration projects.

Hands-on experience with On-Premises to AWS Cloud migrations.

Experience in enterprise infrastructure transformation programs.

Technical Skills:

AWS Cloud Services

AWS Migration Hub

AWS MGN

AWS DMS

EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53

CloudWatch

Change Management Tools (ServiceNow, Remedy)

CI/CD Tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Infrastructure and Networking Concepts

Server, Storage, and Virtualization Technologies Methodologies.

ITIL Change and Release Management

Agile and Waterfall Delivery Models

Project Management Principles

Risk Management and Governance

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Preferred Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

ITIL Foundation v4

PMP or PRINCE2 Certification

SAFe Agilist (Preferred)

Key Competencies

Release Planning & Scheduling

Migration Wave Management

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Risk Assessment & Mitigation

Incident & Problem Management

Vendor Coordination

Cutover Planning & Execution

Conflict Resolution

Leadership & Team Collaboration

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Success Metrics

100% adherence to release schedules.

Successful migration of workloads with minimal downtime.

Reduced deployment-related incidents.

Successful execution of migration cutovers.

Improved stakeholder satisfaction.

Compliance with change management and governance standards.

Roles & Responsibilities:

We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to lead and coordinate releases associated with large-scale Data Center Migration programs from On-Premises environments to AWS Cloud. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and executing migration releases while ensuring minimal business disruption, adherence to change management processes, and successful migration outcomes.

The Release Manager will collaborate with infrastructure teams, cloud architects, application owners, network teams, security teams, AWS engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth migration waves and production deployments.

Key Responsibilities:

Release Planning & Management

Develop and maintain end-to-end release management plans for data center migration projects.

Define migration waves, release schedules, deployment calendars, and cutover strategies.

Coordinate multiple migration releases across applications, databases, servers, and infrastructure components.

Manage release dependencies, risks, and resource allocation across workstreams.

Establish release governance, approvals, and deployment checkpoints.

Migration & Cutover Management

Lead migration cutover activities from on-premises environments to AWS.

Coordinate migration events including:

o Server migrations

o Application migrations

o Database migrations

o Network cutovers

o DNS transitions

o Disaster Recovery testing

Develop detailed rollback and contingency plans.

Ensure migration readiness through rehearsals and mock cutovers.

Stakeholder Coordination

Serve as the primary point of contact for release and deployment activities.

Coordinate with:

o Cloud Architects

o AWS Migration Teams

o Application Owners

o Infrastructure Teams

o Security Teams

o Change Advisory Board (CAB)

o Business Stakeholders

Conduct release status meetings and executive reporting.

Change Management

Ensure compliance with ITIL Change Management processes.

Prepare and submit change requests (CRs) for migration activities.

Facilitate CAB approvals and implementation reviews.

Track and resolve release-related issues.

Risk & Issue Management

Identify migration-related risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Manage release go/no-go decisions.

Escalate critical issues and coordinate recovery actions.

Track release KPIs and post-migration incidents.

AWS Cloud Migration Governance

Ensure migration activities align with AWS best practices.

Support AWS migration tools and services such as:

o AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)

o AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

o AWS Migration Hub

o AWS CloudFormation

o AWS CloudWatch

Validate migration readiness and operational support transition.

Testing & Validation

Coordinate:

o System Integration Testing (SIT)

o User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

o Operational Readiness Testing

o Performance Testing

o Disaster Recovery Testing

Ensure business signoffs before production releases.

Reporting & Metrics

Maintain release dashboards and migration status reports.

Track:

o Release Success Rate

o Migration Completion Rate

o Downtime Metrics

o Defect Leakage

o Rollback Frequency

o SLA Compliance

Present executive-level updates.