Release Management Process Analyst

Responsible for managing and coordinating application releases, infrastructure maintenance, and deployment activities across non-production and production environments. Oversees end-to-end release processes including planning, scheduling, risk mitigation, dependency management, implementation, and backout strategies to ensure stable and compliant deployments. Collaborates cross-functionally with Development, DevOps, QA, Operations, Architecture, and business teams to support CI/CD initiatives, deployment automation, and enterprise change management standards.

Key responsibilities include administering and troubleshooting build and deployment processes using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Datadog, and Rundeck; supporting continuous integration and delivery pipelines; coordinating database refreshes and environment checkouts; monitoring environment stability; and ensuring adherence to change management policies and audit requirements. Acts as a primary point of contact for release execution, go-live coordination, deployment validation, and post-release support while driving process improvements, automation, documentation, and DevOps best practices. Provides occasional after-hours support and participates in a rotating 24/7 on-call schedule within a hybrid work environment.