What You'll Do
- Lead a team of deployment specialists, providing guidance, support, and mentoring to ensure successful execution of deployment activities
- Oversee the deployment process, including configuration, testing, and rollout of technology solutions across various environments (e.g., development, staging, production)
- Coordinate with infrastructure teams to write instruction to provision, upgrade and configure servers, networks, and other resources required for deployment
- Implement automation tools and scripts to streamline deployment processes, minimize manual intervention, and ensure consistency across products
- Identify potential risks and dependencies associated with deployment activities and develop mitigation plans to address them proactively
- Lead a team of deployment specialists, providing guidance, support, and mentoring to ensure successful execution of deployment activities
- Define and maintain release engineering processes and methodologies, ensuring continuous improvement and best practices
- Monitor and measure the success of releases, gathering feedback and data to drive process improvements
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements to recommend and implement innovative release management practices
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 6+ years of experience as a Release engineering/DevOps Manager or in a similar role, with a track record of successful software releases for a SaaS Product
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall
- Proficiency with version control systems, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools, and release automation (e.g., Ansible, Git, Kibana, Jenkins)
- Must know Scripting Language (e.g., Groovi, shell, python)
- Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical teams
- Analytical mindset with the ability to identify areas for process improvement and optimization
- Experience working cross functionally with geographically dispersed teams
Nice to Have
- Experience working in Health sciences and Life care industry
- Experience in a product based environment
Perks & Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
- PTO and company-paid holidays
- Retirement programs
- 1% charitable giving program
Compensation
- Base pay: $100,000 - $175,000 CAD
- The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus.
