What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Release Manager (AWS/Azure) position at R Systems, Inc.?
Job Title: DevOps Release Manager
Location: Sacramento, CA - Hybrid (1-2 Days/Weekly)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced DevOps Release Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across enterprise cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AWS (primary), Microsoft Azure, CI/CD automation, release governance, and cloud infrastructure management. Experience with Datadog for monitoring and observability and Microsoft BizTalk Server for enterprise integrations is highly preferred. The successful candidate will work closely with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Security, and Business teams to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient application deployments.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.
- 10 years of overall IT experience.
- 5 years of Release Management experience supporting enterprise applications.
- 5 years of DevOps and CI/CD implementation experience.
- 5 years of AWS Cloud experience.
- 3 years of Microsoft Azure experience.
- Experience managing enterprise production releases across distributed systems.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, DevOps, and ITIL methodologies.
Required Technical Skills
Cloud Platform
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch, Route 53, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
- Microsoft Azure – Azure DevOps, Azure App Services, AKS, Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, Azure Storage
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting high-availability and mission-critical production environments.
- Experience with microservices and cloud-native application deployments.
- Experience managing enterprise integration releases involving BizTalk Server.
- Hands-on experience with Datadog dashboards, APM, log management, infrastructure monitoring, and alerting.
- Experience supporting Healthcare, Government, or Public Sector organizations.