You will be taken to Cognizant’s own careers page to apply. Job ID 00070582821.
Job description
Job Summary Architect role in a multinational company focusing on structured release management for complex hybrid environments ensuring reliable delivery of solutions across day shift operations with no travel requirement. The architect will design scalable patterns for multi channel platforms optimize deployment workflows and align technical decisions with business outcomes while collaborating across diverse product and operations teams.
Responsibilities
Design robust release management architectures that streamline build packaging deployment and rollback processes across hybrid infrastructure while maintaining high reliability and predictable delivery cycles
Drive standardization of release pipelines by defining reusable patterns templates and controls that reduce release risk and improve quality for products supported in a day shift environment
Coordinate end to end release planning by aligning development testing operations and business stakeholders to agreed schedules scope and success criteria ensuring smooth and well communicated deployments
Implement rigorous versioning configuration and environment management practices that protect production stability and support clear traceability of changes across applications and platforms
Optimize automation in release workflows using enterprise grade tools and scripts to reduce manual intervention shorten cycle times and minimize human error during deployments
Analyze release incidents deployment failures and post release defects to identify root causes and design sustainable improvements that enhance reliability for future releases
Create comprehensive release documentation including run books deployment guides and recovery procedures that enable operations teams to execute releases confidently and consistently
Collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed required governance checks approvals and audit evidence within the release management lifecycle supporting regulatory and policy adherence
Engage with product owners and solution teams to prioritize release content based on business value risk and readiness ensuring that changes delivered through each release contribute meaningfully to company objectives
Support multi channel initiatives by designing release strategies that coordinate deployments across web mobile contact center and other interaction channels delivering a consistent experience to end users
Mentor junior engineers and release coordinators by sharing best practices troubleshooting approaches and architectural rationale to build a strong organizational capability in release management
Monitor release performance using metrics such as deployment frequency failure rate change lead time and mean time to recovery translating insights into actionable improvements for teams and processes
Adapt release approaches for hybrid work model conditions by enabling secure remote access clear communication routines and collaboration methods that keep distributed teams aligned during critical deployment windows
Qualifications
Demonstrate strong hands on experience in enterprise scale release management including planning coordination execution and post release validation across complex application landscapes
Exhibit proficiency with common release and deployment tooling and scripting approaches enabling efficient automation of build promotion configuration and deployment activities
Apply solid understanding of software development life cycle and continuous integration and continuous delivery practices to design release processes that integrate seamlessly with engineering workflows
Display working knowledge of multi channel domain concepts such as unified customer journeys synchronized updates across digital and assisted channels and consistent version rollout across platforms as a desirable capability
Show skill in analyzing logs metrics deployment records and defect trends to diagnose release related issues and implement corrective actions that prevent recurrence
Demonstrate clear communication and stakeholder management abilities to explain release plans articulate technical impacts and negotiate timelines with cross functional teams in a concise and structured manner
Leverage experience in hybrid work environments to maintain effective collaboration with onsite and remote colleagues through disciplined planning documentation and use of collaborative tools
Utilize strong problem solving and decision making skills to evaluate release risks choose appropriate mitigation strategies and balance speed with stability in production environments
Certifications Required Preferred certifications include ITIL Foundation or DevOps related credentials such as Certified DevOps Practitioner focusing on release and deployment practices
