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Build and Release Lead, Kochi

Job Description – Build & Release Technical Manager (Cloud Platforms)

Product Development

Job Summary

The Build & Release Technical Manager leads the Build & Release Engineering function and owns the day-to-day execution of the build, release, deployment, and environment management processes for cloud-native software products, primarily hosted on AWS. The role is accountable for the successful delivery of software releases by ensuring CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevSecOps practices, and deployment processes are reliable, secure, automated, and executed on schedule across all environments.

This is a technical management role requiring strong hands-on cloud and DevOps expertise combined with people leadership, release governance, and delivery ownership. The environment is primarily AWS; working knowledge of Microsoft Azure is a good-to-have, and the pipeline/tooling approach should remain reasonably cloud-agnostic where practical.

The Technical Manager partners closely with Development, QA, DevOps, Security, Infrastructure, Product Management, Architecture, and Customer Success teams to establish release governance, maintain deployment quality, improve software delivery efficiency, and ensure operational readiness across Development, QA, UAT, Staging, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments.

Key Responsibilities

Team & Delivery Management

Lead, mentor, and manage the Build & Release Engineering team—workload planning, performance management, hiring support, coaching, and skill development.
Own execution of the release calendar and delivery commitments across multiple concurrent product releases.
Run Release Readiness Reviews (RRR), facilitate Go/No-Go decisions, chair Release Governance meetings, and ensure effective cross-functional stakeholder communication.
Act as the primary technical escalation point for build, release, and deployment activities.
Lead production deployment bridges during critical releases and coordinate cross-functional issue resolution.
Release Management

Own the end-to-end release lifecycle, including planning, coordination, approvals, governance, release notes, and deployment documentation.
Manage scheduled releases, hotfixes, emergency releases, and rollback procedures.
Coordinate cross-functional release activities.
Conduct post-release reviews and root cause analysis where required.
Track release metrics and continuously improve release processes.
Build Management

Design, implement, and maintain automated build pipelines.
Optimize build performance, reliability, and reproducibility.
Define and maintain Git branching strategies (GitFlow/Trunk-Based Development) and release/versioning standards.
Maintain software versioning using Semantic Versioning where applicable.
Standardize build artifacts across environments.
Manage artifact repositories, software dependencies, and package management.
Troubleshoot build failures and improve build stability.
Cloud Deployment Management

Manage deployments across Development, QA, UAT, Staging, Production, and Disaster Recovery environments.
Deploy and manage applications on AWS using ECS/EKS, Lambda, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, S3, CloudFront, API Gateway, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancer, and Auto Scaling.
Maintain working familiarity with Azure equivalents such as AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, Azure Front Door, and Azure DevOps as a good-to-have.
Promote deployment patterns and tooling that remain reasonably portable across cloud platforms where practical.
CI/CD Pipeline Management

Develop, implement, and continuously improve automated CI/CD pipelines using:

AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodeBuild
AWS CodeDeploy
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
Azure DevOps Pipelines (Good-to-have)
Responsibilities include:

Pipeline optimization
Automated testing integration
Static code analysis
Security scanning
Artifact publishing
Deployment automation
Rollback automation
Pipeline reliability and scalability improvements
Deployment validation
Continuous improvement of deployment efficiency
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Implement and manage infrastructure automation using:

Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
AWS CDK
Azure Bicep / ARM Templates (Good-to-have)
Responsibilities include:

Environment provisioning
Configuration management
Infrastructure version control
Infrastructure validation
Drift detection
Infrastructure change management
Environment Management

Maintain consistency across all environments.
Coordinate environment refresh activities.
Manage configuration drift.
Monitor environment health and availability.
Maintain environment documentation.
Support environment troubleshooting and issue resolution.
Configuration & Secrets Management

Implement configuration management strategies.
Maintain environment-specific configurations.
Manage secrets using AWS Secrets Manager and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store.
Working knowledge of Azure Key Vault is desirable.
Ensure secure configuration management, encryption, and secrets governance.
Containerization & Orchestration

Manage containerized deployments using:

Docker
Kubernetes (Amazon EKS)
Amazon ECS
Helm Charts
Responsibilities include:

Image management
Container security
Deployment automation
Registry management
Scaling strategies
Cluster administration
Monitoring & Operational Readiness

Ensure deployment health using:

Amazon CloudWatch
AWS X-Ray
AWS CloudTrail
Prometheus
Grafana
Responsibilities include:

Deployment monitoring
Performance monitoring
Error tracking
Log analysis
Alert configuration
Operational dashboards
Deployment health metrics
Capacity monitoring
Operational readiness reviews
Security & Compliance

Collaborate with Security teams to ensure:

Secure deployment pipelines
DevSecOps practices across the software delivery lifecycle
IAM best practices
Least privilege access
Artifact integrity
Vulnerability scanning
Compliance with organizational security policies
Secure secrets management
Encryption of build artifacts
DevOps Collaboration

Work closely with:

Software Development
QA
Product Owners
Scrum Masters
Infrastructure Teams
Security Teams
Architecture Teams
to:

Improve deployment efficiency
Reduce release cycle time
Increase deployment frequency
Reduce production incidents
Improve platform reliability
Enhance automation maturity
Risk Management

Assess deployment risks.
Develop rollback strategies.
Implement deployment validation.
Coordinate production support during releases.
Perform post-release reviews.
Track deployment and release metrics.
Drive corrective and preventive improvements.
Documentation

Maintain documentation for:

Build pipelines
Release procedures
Deployment runbooks
Environment architecture
Rollback procedures
Release checklists
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Required Technical Skills

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Category

Skills

AWS Services

CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, IAM, EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, S3, Route 53, API Gateway, RDS, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager (SSM), Elastic Load Balancer, Auto Scaling

Azure (Good-to-have)

AKS, App Service, Azure Functions, Azure SQL Database, Azure Monitor, Azure Key Vault, Azure DevOps Pipelines

DevOps Tools

Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK (Azure Bicep / ARM Templates – Good-to-have)

Automation & Scripting

Python, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, JSON

Monitoring Tools

CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus

Required Experience

B.Tech / MCA or equivalent qualification.
8–12 years of experience in Software Development, DevOps, Build & Release Engineering, or Cloud Engineering.
Minimum 3+ years in a people/team management role.
5+ years designing, implementing, and managing enterprise-scale AWS-based CI/CD and Release Management environments.
Working exposure to Microsoft Azure is an advantage.
Experience deploying SaaS products in production AWS environments.
Experience with containerized microservices architectures.
Experience managing multiple concurrent product releases.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
Preferred Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Key Competencies

Leadership

Technical Leadership
People Management
Team Mentoring
Stakeholder Management
Delivery Ownership
Risk Management
Process Governance
Decision Making
Continuous Improvement
Execution Discipline
Success Measures

The Build & Release Technical Manager will be measured against:

CI/CD pipeline availability and reliability.
Build success rate and deployment success rate.
Release frequency and deployment lead time.
Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
Reduction in deployment failures and rollback frequency.
Production deployment stability and reduction in release-related incidents.
Environment availability and consistency.
Continuous improvement in automation and release cycle efficiency.
Team capability development and stakeholder satisfaction.