DevSecOps Release Manager ( Saudi national only ) at Oivan Oy

Al Maathar Municipality, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

07 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

09 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Release Management, DevSecOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Change Control, Agile Delivery, Jira, GitLab, SAST, DAST, Quality Assurance, Operational Readiness, Rollback Planning, KPI Tracking, Documentation

Industry

Software Development

Description

What We Need We are looking for a DevSecOps Release Manager to lead and govern the release lifecycle. The Release Manager will act as the single owner for release progress, ensuring that every release follows a controlled, evidence-based process with clear quality, security, operational readiness, approval, and rollback check points to have a safer and faster releases with measurable engineering KPIs. What You'll Do Key Responsibilities Maintain and coordinate the end-to-end release calendar, release scope, dependencies, priorities, and readiness tracking. Coordinate release activities across Product, Development, QA, Security, DevOps, Operations, and Support teams. Prepare and maintain release evidence packs, including test evidence, security scan results, operational readiness, approval status, known risks, dependencies, and rollback plans. Track completion of quality, security, artifact, and operational readiness gates before production release. Monitor exceptions, risks, open issues, and go/no-go readiness status. Track release quality checks such as code review, regression testing, UI checks, security scans, dependency checks, and operational readiness. Coordinate rollback and recovery preparation with relevant technical teams. Maintain the release dashboard and gap register. Track release KPIs such as deployment frequency, lead time, hotfix frequency, bug escape rate, MTTR, and gate compliance. Support continuous improvement in release predictability, quality, security, and operational readiness. What You Have Required Experience 3–5 years of experience in release management, DevOps coordination, DevSecOps, technical delivery management, quality assurance, or platform operations. Experience supporting or coordinating production releases for digital platforms. Experience working with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, QA, Security, DevOps, Operations, and Support. Practical understanding of CI/CD pipelines, release gates, deployment approvals, environment promotion, and rollback planning. Familiarity with release governance, change control, evidence-based approvals, and production readiness. Basic to practical understanding of DevSecOps practices such as SAST, DAST, dependency checks, QA activities, monitoring, and operational readiness. Experience with agile delivery, Jira, GitLab, dashboards, release calendars, and risk/dependency tracking. Required Skills Strong coordination, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills. Strong communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus. Ability to work under pressure during production releases and incidents. Strong documentation and reporting discipline. Ability to balance delivery speed with production safety. Ownership mindset and strong attention to detail. Ability to identify incomplete readiness, highlight rollback gaps, and escalate risks clearly. Success Measures Improved release predictability and readiness. Reduction in production surprises and emergency fixes. Clear visibility of release decisions, risks, and escalations. Increased gate compliance across quality, security, and operations. Improved visibility through release dashboards and evidence packs. Reduced hotfix frequency and bug escape rate. Improved rollback and recovery readiness. Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Engagement: Full-time / onsite or hybrid based on account needs Reporting To: Service Delivery Manager / Account Leadership Nationality Requirement: Saudi national only What We Offer Who We Are Privacy Notice

Responsibilities

Lead and govern the end-to-end release lifecycle to ensure safe, evidence-based production deployments. Coordinate across cross-functional teams to track release calendars, quality gates, and engineering KPIs.