IT Software Engineer 5 Release Manager / Release Engineer

Role: IT Software Engineer 5 – Release Manager / Release Engineer
Location: Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL (Hybrid – 1 day onsite/week; onsite requirements may increase)

Let’s create our future together at The AES Group!

About The AES Group:
The AES Group is a premier technology and engineering consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver innovative solutions that have the greatest positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies. 

About the Role

Seeking an experienced Release Manager / Release Engineer to lead and coordinate the build and release lifecycle for the Client Foresight cloud-based web application. This role is responsible for ensuring successful software releases by working closely with Development, QA, Product, Infrastructure, and Business stakeholders while supporting DevOps initiatives within an AWS cloud environment.

The ideal candidate has strong Release Management experience, hands-on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Azure DevOps, AWS cloud technologies, and enjoys working in a fast-paced Agile environment supporting multiple Scrum teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage end-to-end software release activities across multiple Agile Scrum teams.
• Monitor CI/CD pipelines to ensure successful builds and deployments.
• Develop and maintain UAT and Production release plans and schedules.
• Coordinate Go/No-Go meetings and release readiness activities.
• Partner with QA, Development, Infrastructure, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and Business stakeholders to resolve release issues.
• Troubleshoot build failures and deployment issues.
• Maintain release documentation and deployment records.
• Conduct Scrum of Scrums meetings and manage release cadence.
• Support DevOps initiatives and deployment automation.
• Work with AWS cloud infrastructure and deployment services.
• Drive continuous improvements to release quality, deployment reliability, and release timelines.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline with 10+ years of experience
  OR
• Master's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience

Required Experience

• 8+ years of Release Management or IT Delivery Management experience.
• 6+ years working with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and DevOps technologies.
• Experience managing enterprise software releases across multiple Agile teams.
• Strong understanding of Release Governance, Change Management, and Production Deployments.
• Experience facilitating Go/No-Go meetings and release planning.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent projects.

Required Technical Skills

Release & DevOps

Release Management | Release Engineering | CI/CD Pipelines | Azure DevOps | Git | Build Automation | Deployment Pipelines | DevOps | Environment Management | Production Releases

Cloud Technologies

AWS (ECS, EC2, EBS, S3, Glacier, RDS, VPC, Route53, ELB, IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, SES, SQS, CloudFront)

Programming & Automation

Python | BDD | Cucumber | Test Automation

Methodologies

Agile | Scrum | Scrum of Scrums | Change Management

Top 3 Skills

• Release Management & Software Delivery
• CI/CD Pipelines, Azure DevOps & Git
• AWS Cloud & DevOps Automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Scrum Master experience
• Program Manager or Project Coordinator experience
• Azure DevOps administration
• AWS DevOps experience
• Experience with automated CI/CD pipelines
• Experience working in large enterprise Agile environments
• Passion for technology and continuous process improvement

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Flexible to support production releases outside standard business hours when required

Work Environment

• Hybrid position based in Chicago or Peoria, IL
• Approximately 1 day onsite per week (onsite requirements may increase)
• Collaborate daily with Development, QA, Infrastructure, Product Management, and Business teams
• Fast-paced Agile environment supporting global digital products