Release Manager Infrastructure and Network Hyderabad India The Release Manager Infrastructure and Network serves as a leader responsible for defining governing and continuously maturing the global release management framework across data center infrastructure and network platforms This role provides strategic oversight and endtoend governance for releases spanning compute storage backup operating systems hypervisors and network technologies This role ensures predictable auditcompliant lowrisk releases with nearzero incidents due to changes The role acts as a key interface between infrastructure engineering operations network security and change governance teams
Responsibilities
EstablishEvolve release management framework for infrastructure and network domains
EstablishImprove release processes release calendars and governance mechanisms aligned to enterprise change management standards
Own endtoend release management for infrastructure and network changes
Own release readiness from a process and risk perspective
Drive release intake scoping and work with technical teams on mapping dependencies
Identify and mitigate risks that could impact release scope schedule or quality maintaining a proactive approach to problemsolving
Partner with technical teams to ensure change tickets rollback planning and dependency mapping are done correctly
Maintain release documentation including deployment plans change logs and postimplementation reviews for internal auditing
Govern CAB interaction ensuring correct routing and technical details are shared
Lead stakeholder communication including prerelease notifications status updates and completing reporting
Track and report release metrics
Drive continuous improvement in release management through retrospectives
Qualifications
BS in Computer Science or related fields with 1012 years of professional experience in release change project management IT operations or infrastructure network program management
Extensive experience managing largescale global infrastructure or network releases
Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and network environments including compute storage backup OS virtualization and networking concepts
Proven experience working with ITSM ServiceNow including change release and CAB processes
Experience governing releases across multiregion multiplatform environments
Strong understanding of infrastructure and network risks resiliency and operational readiness
Proven track record of governing complex infrastructure or network releases with minimal operational impact
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex projects and deadlines simultaneously
Solid stakeholder management and communication skills including executive level interactions
ITIL V4 Foundation PMP Agile certifications are preferred