DevOps Release Manager

Location: UK‑based hybrid role, Occasional travel to site.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate end‑to‑end release cycles – scheduling, scope, dependency mapping, code freeze and blackout windows, release notes, and cutover plans. Run automated pre‑deployment checks (test coverage, quality gates, security scans, approvals) and go/no‑go readiness via pipeline policies. Integrate with Change Enablement (e.g., ServiceNow): auto‑create/update change records, capture evidence, CAB attendance for major releases.

• Engineer, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines – Design, build and operate multi‑stage CI/CD pipelines (build, test, security scan, package, deploy) to ensure automated, repeatable and secure release processes that improve deployment reliability and reduce manual effort.

• Manage environment readiness and deployment execution – Define environment topology, variables, secrets, and config, manage ADO Library/Key Vault ...