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Realign LLC

Release Manager

Pay: $172,000/yr

Posted: 6 days ago

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Last Updated: 14 hours ago

Hours: Full-Time

Expires: 10/15/2026

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A Business Change Manager designs and implements strategies that facilitate smooth transition during organizational changes within workplaces. Responsibilities include identifying risks of change, developing training plans, monitoring progresses and implementing improvements to change plans. They may work with key stakeholders and project managers to ensure changes align with corporate strategic objectives.

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Release Manager Realign LLC Irvine, CA Job Details Full-time $172,000 a year 13 hours ago Qualifications Stakeholder relationship building Stakeholder management Full Job Description Irvine, California 92602 Posted September 10th, 2026

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IT Job Description Role

Release Manager Location
Irvine, CA FTE Assign to
Anshika Rajput Manager
Sushant & Sarthak Experience 8+ years of IT experience.

5+ years in Release Management, Deployment Management, or Program Delivery. Experience managing large-scale Data Center Migration projects. Hands-on experience with On-Premises to AWS Cloud migrations. Experience in enterprise infrastructure transformation programs. Technical Skills AWS Cloud Services AWS Migration Hub

AWS MGN AWS DMS

EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53 CloudWatch Change Management Tools (ServiceNow, Remedy) CI/CD Tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) Infrastructure and Networking Concepts Server, Storage, and Virtualization Technologies Methodologies ITIL Change and Release Management Agile and Waterfall Delivery Models Project Management Principles Risk Management and Governance ________________________________________ Preferred Certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Certified SysOps Administrator ITIL Foundation v4 PMP or PRINCE2 Certification SAFe Agilist (Preferred) ________________________________________ Key Competencies Release Planning & Scheduling Migration Wave Management Stakeholder Management Executive Communication Risk Assessment & Mitigation Incident & Problem Management Vendor Coordination Cutover Planning & Execution Conflict Resolution Leadership & Team Collaboration ________________________________________ Success Metrics 100% adherence to release schedules. Successful migration of workloads with minimal downtime. Reduced deployment-related incidents. Successful execution of migration cutovers. Improved stakeholder satisfaction. Compliance with change management and governance standards. Roles & Responsibilities We are seeking an experienced Release Manager to lead and coordinate releases associated with large-scale Data Center Migration programs from On-Premises environments to AWS Cloud. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and executing migration releases while ensuring minimal business disruption, adherence to change management processes, and successful migration outcomes. The Release Manager will collaborate with infrastructure teams, cloud architects, application owners, network teams, security teams, AWS engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure smooth migration waves and production deployments. ________________________________________ Key Responsibilities Release Planning & Management Develop and maintain end-to-end release management plans for data center migration projects. Define migration waves, release schedules, deployment calendars, and cutover strategies. Coordinate multiple migration releases across applications, databases, servers, and infrastructure components. Manage release dependencies, risks, and resource allocation across workstreams. Establish release governance, approvals, and deployment checkpoints. Migration & Cutover Management Lead migration cutover activities from on-premises environments to AWS.

Coordinate migration events including:

o Server migrations o Application migrations o Database migrations o Network cutovers o DNS transitions o Disaster Recovery testing Develop detailed rollback and contingency plans. Ensure migration readiness through rehearsals and mock cutovers. Stakeholder Coordination Serve as the primary point of contact for release and deployment activities.

Coordinate with:

o Cloud Architects o AWS Migration Teams o Application Owners o Infrastructure Teams o Security Teams o Change Advisory Board (CAB) o Business Stakeholders Conduct release status meetings and executive reporting. Change Management Ensure compliance with ITIL Change Management processes. Prepare and submit change requests (CRs) for migration activities. Facilitate CAB approvals and implementation reviews. Track and resolve release-related issues. Risk & Issue Management Identify migration-related risks and develop mitigation strategies. Manage release go/no-go decisions. Escalate critical issues and coordinate recovery actions. Track release KPIs and post-migration incidents. AWS Cloud Migration Governance Ensure migration activities align with AWS best practices. Support AWS migration tools and services such as: o AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) o AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) o AWS Migration Hub o AWS CloudFormation o AWS CloudWatch Validate migration readiness and operational support transition.

Testing & Validation Coordinate:

o System Integration Testing (SIT) o User Acceptance Testing (UAT) o Operational Readiness Testing o Performance Testing o Disaster Recovery Testing Ensure business sign-offs before production releases. Reporting & Metrics Maintain release dashboards and migration status reports.

Track:

o Release Success Rate o Migration Completion Rate o Downtime Metrics o Defect Leakage o Rollback Frequency o SLA Compliance Present executive-level updates. Required Skills Technical Project Manager