IT Release Analyst

Job Overview

We have a newly created opportunity for a Release analyst to join our corporate IT team. This role can be based at our headquarters in Milwaukee, WI (Harbor District) or Chicago, IL (Rosemont / Near O’Hare). As a Release Analyst, you will be responsible for planning, coordination, and execution of software releases across development, test, and production environments. This role combines DevOps engineering responsibilities with release coordination, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth, efficient, and timely deployments. This role will manage and optimize the release process, maintain oversight of all release activities, and ensure best practices in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Work with the project and operations support teams and maintain detailed deployment plans for applications in scope.
• Ensure compliance with release processes and governance by obtaining appropriate approvals at each stage of the release cycle.
• Work with Change control board and obtain necessary approvals for all production releases.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline the deployment process from development through production.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing, code quality checks, and security scans into the CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor and optimize the performance and security of deployment pipelines to ensure fast, reliable, and secure releases.
• Organize and facilitate production release calls to ensure all stakeholders are aligned on release goals, timelines, and potential risks.
   

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of experience in release management, DevOps, CICD set up, or a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab etc.).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in version control systems (e.g., Git) and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Understanding of the code branching and merging strategies when multiple parallel developments for the same application are in progress.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple concurrent releases.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills — ability to plan and achieve a variety of tasks. Able to set priorities for customer requests and deal with a number of issues concurrently.
• Demonstrates a strong bias towards service, quality, and customer satisfaction; applying information on past experiences and assists others in applying these lessons to solve problems.
• Ability to travel occasionally, including internationally, to interact fully across the global Komatsu organization, with affiliates, dealers, and customers.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with automated testing and security scanning tools (e.g., SonarQube, OWASP).
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience working in a DevOps culture.
   

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