DevOps Release Manager

Who Are We?Solid reputation, passionate people and endless opportunities.
That's Travelers.
Our superior financial strength and consistent record of strong operating returns mean security for our customers - and opportunities for our employees.
You will find Travelers to be full of energy and a workplace in which you truly can make a difference.Target Openings1What Is the Opportunity?Travelers is seeking a Software Engineer I to join our organization as a DevOps Release Manager to support us as we grow and transform our Technology landscape.
The individual will drive the planning, coordination and execution of software releases across multiple environments and applications, ensuring high-quality deployments with minimal disruption.
This role will also include developing, analyzing, configuring, testing, debugging, troubleshooting, documenting, and health monitoring/alerting of DevOps automation tools based on user or system design specifications, as well as participating in troubleshooting, conducting impact analysis and escalating appropriately.
This role is ideal for someone passionate about automation, deployment reliability, and bridging the gap between development and operations to deliver seamless software releases.What Will You Do?Manage release cycles, coordinating deployments across development, testing, staging, and production environments.Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software delivery.Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to standardize build, test, and release processes.Monitor system health and performance, implementing alerting mechanisms, and conducting root cause analysis for release-related incidents.Maintain release documentation, runbooks, and rollback procedures to support continuous delivery and compliance requirements.Lead impact analysis and post-mortem reviews to drive improvements in the release process and system stability.Perform analysis, design, development, and configuration functions as well as define technical requirements for assignments of intermediate complexity.Participate with team to perform analysis, assessment and resolution for defects and incidents of intermediate complexity and escalate appropriately.Work within guidelines set by team to independently tackle well-scoped problems.Seek opportunities to expand technical knowledge and capabilities.Perform other duties as assigned.What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?Three years of Software Build and Release Management experience.Delivery:
Intermediate delivery skills including the ability to deliver work at a steady, predictable pace to achieve commitments, decompose work assignments into small batch releases and contribute to trade-off and negotiation discussions.Domain Expertise:
Demonstrated track record of domain expertise including the ability to understand technical concepts necessary to do the job effectively, demonstrate willingness, cooperation, and concern for business issues and possess in-depth knowledge of immediate systems worked on.Problem Solving:
Proven problem solving skills including debugging skills, allowing you to determine source of issues in unfamiliar code or systems and the ability to recognize and solve repetitive problems rather than working around them, recognize mistakes using them as learning opportunities and break down large problems into smaller, more manageable ones.Communication:
Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly and concisely interact with team members, document work in a clear, easy to follow manner, collaborate well with team members and different levels of leadership, take in well-scoped requirements and ask the right questions to ensure clarification, seek out and receive constructive criticism well and listen when others are speaking.Leadership:
Intermediate leadership skills with a proven track record of self-motivation in identifying personal growth opportunities.What is a Must Have?Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in work experience.One year of programming/development experience.What Is in It for You?Health Insurance:
Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, partners, and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.Retirement:
Travelers provides a core contribution of 3% of your total eligible earnings to your Deferred Profit Sharing Plan ('DPSP').
Travelers also matches your savings plan contribution dollar-for-dollar up to 5% of base pay.Paid Time Off:
Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off ('PTO') annually, plus the opportunity to purchase additional days to allow for up to a total of 36 PTO days per year.
You will also receive twelve paid company Holidays.Wellness Program:
The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs.
In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.Volunteer Encouragement:
We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved.
Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.Employment PracticesTravelers is an equal opportunity employer.
We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.We are committed to providing accommodation to persons with disabilities.
If you require accommodation during the recruitment or interview process we will work with you to accommodate your needs.If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit ***/life-at-travelers/benefits/.0