DevOps Engineer/Release Management Lead

Tasks

• Own and continuously improve release management processes.
• Plan deployment schedules and release calendars.
• Lead release readiness reviews and Go/No-Go meetings.
• Ensure compliance with change management and audit requirements.
• Track release metrics and operational KPIs.
• Manage deployments of Databricks Workflows, Delta Live Tables (DLT), Notebooks, Unity Catalog, SQL Warehouses, and Lakehouse pipelines.
• Establish deployment standards, rollback plans, and release controls.
• Build and manage Azure DevOps release pipelines.
• Implement Git branching and version control best practices.
• Govern code reviews, pull requests, and deployment approvals.
• Automate build, testing, and deployment processes.
• Assess production impact and release risks.
• Identify dependencies and business impacts.
• Develop rollback and contingency plans.
• Participate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) reviews.
• Lead major deployments and release support activities.
• Coordinate issue resolution and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Operations, Security, QA, and Business teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years overall; 10+ years in Release Management, Change Management, or Production Operations
• Azure Databricks
• Azure DevOps
• Git
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Release Management
• Change Management
• Production Support
• DataOps
• Azure Data Factory
• Power BI / Tableau
• Enterprise-scale deployments
• 10+ years in Release Management, Change Management, or Production Operations.

Schedule

• Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite at the Philly office
• Contract

Location

• Philadelphia, PA