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Ensure audit tracking, reliability, availability, correct functionality, system integrity, and risk mitigation in ERCOT’s IT Service Delivery model by coordinating, communicating, and recording changes to ERCOT’s non-development environments. [Coordinates & facilitates all ERCOT Software, Hardware, and Infrastructure code and configuration changes.]\n\nEssential Job Duties:\nRelease Planning & Coordination\nOrganize and lead effective release planning meetings, ensuring cross-functional alignment across application, infrastructure, and cloud teams.\nDefine and maintain a structured release calendar for applications and infrastructure, including OS patching, cloud deployments, middleware upgrades, and security updates.\nEstablish a consistent and predictable release cadence across IT applications, cloud platforms, and infrastructure components.\nRelease Execution & Governance\nManage end-to-end infrastructure/application release cycles, coordinating on-premises and/or cloud environments to minimize disruptions.\nEnsure adherence to enterprise IT policies and security standards while executing application and infrastructure releases.\nTrack release deliverables, security compliance checks, and functional/security test approvals, ensuring production readiness.\nMonitor infrastructure changes, including system upgrades, network modifications, storage enhancements, and patching cycles.\nProvide oversight for OS patching, covering major and minor updates for Windows, Linux along with firmware updates for storage and network CIs and other enterprise systems.\nCloud & Automation Integration (Preferred)\nOversee cloud infrastructure deployments - Azure, ensuring successful configuration and validation.\nCollaborate with DevOps and IT System Reliability teams to integrate automated release pipelines, CI/CD best practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.\nUtilize IT automation tools (Ansible, Terraform) for infrastructure provisioning and release management.\nSecurity & Compliance\nEnsure infrastructure releases comply with security policies and CIP regulatory requirements.\nPerformance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement\nTrack and report key release performance metrics, including patch deployment success rates, release cycle efficiency, system downtime, and rollback trends.\nFacilitate root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortem reviews for failed or delayed releases, driving process improvements.\nCollaboration & Stakeholder Management\nAct as a liaison between development, operations, cloud, and security teams to optimize infrastructure release management.\nProvide support to the Change Advisory Board (CAB), ensuring infrastructure changes are properly assessed and documented.\nManage cross-functional dependencies for application and infrastructure releases, maintaining up-to-date documentation.\nJira/ServiceNow & ITSM Integration\nUtilize Jira/ServiceNow to manage release workflows, change approvals, and infrastructure deployment tracking.\nSupport ITSM processes, including Change, Release, Incident, and Problem Management.\n\nQualifications:\n\nWork Experience (Mandatory)\nMinimum 3 years of experience in IT Change & Release Management, specifically for infrastructure releases (OS patching, security updates, cloud deployments, and system upgrades).\nMinimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in system integration, infrastructure release management, or IT operations.\nStrong knowledge of ITIL best practices for Change, Release, Incident, and Problem Management.\n\nCertifications (Preferred)\nITIL v4 Certification (Highly Preferred).\nCloud Certification Azure is a plus.\nCertified OpenShift Administrator or similar infrastructure-related certification is a plus.\n\nTechnical Expertise (Preferred)\nExperience with ServiceNow for managing release and infrastructure deployment workflows.\nHands-on experience with infrastructure release management, including server patching, database updates, cloud infrastructure rollouts, and network changes.\nWorking knowledge of IT automation tools (Ansible, Terraform) for infrastructure provisioning and release management.\nExperience with DevOps & CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure release processes.\nFamiliarity with SQL, scripting languages (Python, Shell, PowerShell), and data analysis is a plus.\nBest Regards,\n\nSekhar Naidu\nCustomer Success Lead\nQuantaleap Inc.\nPhone: 302-402-5922\nsekhar.naidu@quantaleap.com\n\n9yymyxHSRA","company":"Quantaleap","rawCompany":"quantaleap","city":"Beaumont","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T21:23:42.938Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1244.00","title":"Network and Computer Systems Administrators","slug":"network-and-computer-systems-administrators"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Infrastructure Release Analyst (Release Mgmt + DevOps)","description":"Position: Infrastructure Release Analyst\nLocation: Taylor, TX (Hybrid)\nDuration: Contract to Hire (Contract on W2 only)\n\nJob Description:\nClient Notes:\nHybrid role – must be located within drivable distance of Taylor office.\nMainly looking for someone who has Release Management experience.\nSupporting Infrastructure.\nInfrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Cloud - 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