DevOps Senior Specialist

Position ID: 34628 DevOps Engineer-Chennai (Onsite)

Position Description:
Job Title: Software Release Manager Who We Are We are the Product Development (PD) Platform Operations team, the driving force behind Ford's next-generation infrastructure and software solutions. Our mission is to build scalable, highly available environments that empower our engineers to design and build the vehicles of the future. We thrive on innovation, embracing cutting-edge technologies and methodologies like Infrastructure-as-Code, Configuration-as-Code (powered by Ansible), software & event driven, and cloud-native development – all while using modern enterprise & CI/CD methodologies. Why Join Us? Join a tight-knit, rapidly growing team that values collaboration, continuous learning, and a passion for pushing technological boundaries. Be at the forefront of modernizing Ford's core Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms and you will have a direct impact on the tools our engineers use every day. Within this group, we are seeking an experienced Software Release Manager to oversee and coordinate the release lifecycle of our software products across multiple repositories. This role is critical in ensuring reliable, timely, and high-quality software releases while maintaining robust processes and version control standards.

Skills Required:
Release Engineering, Release Management

Skills Preferred:
GitHub, CI/CD, GCP

Experience Required:
Senior Specialist Exp: 7+ experience in relevant field.

Experience Preferred:
release manager as a full time job

Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree

Key Responsibilities Release Management & Coordination :

• Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across multiple repositories & development teams

• Develop & maintain release schedules, timelines, and milestone tracking – in Jira

• Coordinate with development, QA, DevOps, and product teams to ensure release readiness

• Facilitate release planning meetings and go/no-go decision processes

• Serve as primary point of contact for release status, changes, due dates, & escalations

• Manage release communications to stakeholders and end users

• Manage expectations with product owners, engineering leadership, and business stakeholders

• Coordinate hotfix and emergency release procedures

• Lead incident response for release-related issues and rollbacks

• Perform risk assessments for high-impact releases Process Development & Maintenance

• Establish and enforce standardized release processes and procedures

• Create and maintain release documentation, runbooks, and best practices

• Continuously improve release processes to increase efficiency and reduce risk

• Implement and monitor release metrics and KPIs

• Conduct post-release retrospectives and implement lessons learned Version Control & Code Management

• Implement and enforce semantic versioning strategies across all repositories

• Manage branching strategies and ensure proper Git workflow adherence

• Oversee code promotion through development, staging, and production environments

• Maintain repository organization and access controls

• Ensure consistent tagging conventions and immutable release artifact storage

• Maintain traceability between releases, code commits, and deployment artifacts Project Management & Tracking

• Utilize Jira for release planning, tracking, and reporting

• Create and maintain release dashboards and status reports

• Track release progress, blockers, and dependencies

• Manage release-related tickets and ensure proper workflow states

• Generate release metrics and reports for leadership

For Details Email: jeesi.chasrasol@gmail.com

Phone: 9182396758

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹1,000,000.00 - ₹3,000,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person