Position: Release Manager (Azure)
Company: ELEKS
Category: DevOps
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

**ABOUT PROJECT**
Our client іs a leading global mining company, products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies.

**REQUIREMENTS**
Azure resource management, monitoring, and diagnostics
Vendor coordination
Social Process Skills
Coordinate release activities, including planning, environment refreshes, release item sign-off
Manage Release calendar
Manage internal and business comms and with the vendor
Deal with any issues/queries/problems relating to release planning
Work with the vendor and internal development teams to improve the release process

**RESPONSIBILITY**
Support developers to effectively utilize the Azure DevOps for the life cycle of software development
Knowledge in deploying Azure resources
Work with the development and support teams to identify, plan and execute release plans and improve the process for releases
Work with the QA team to ensure releases are tested adequately and in a timely fashion
Drive the adoption of best practices and enforce the use of standard systems in any solution deployed
Work with project and support teams to manage service introduction and deployment ensuring best practice by any third-party teams including the delivery of acceptable test scenarios and scripts
Ensure implementation and support documentation is kept up to date
Ensure all releases are audit and regulatory compliant
Guide, configure, and test the DR/HA strategy for each element of the Azure infrastructure
Ensure performance and resource monitoring, and alerting is fit for the purpose