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MSD Senior Manager Release 
India, Telangana, Hyderabad 
500505687

29.06.2025

Job Description

The Opportunity

  • Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

  • Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.

  • Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Release and AWS Infrastructure Manager with expertise in managing product code releases and infrastructure management in cloud environments. The successful candidate will oversee end-to-end releases for multiple products hosted on AWS cloud infrastructure, integrating DevSecOps practices. This role requires collaboration skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to drive process improvements in a fast-paced technical environment. You will be responsible for ensuring timely, secure, and efficient deployments to lower and production environments while maintaining a secure, scalable, high-performing cloud infrastructure by following the change management process.

Release Management:

  • Oversee and manage the release lifecycle, ensuring smooth deployments to production by working with multiple product development teams, testing teams, and production support teams.

  • Collaborate with software engineering, QA, and operations teams to define and implement release strategies, ensuring compliance and quality standards are met.

  • Utilize GitHub to manage code repositories, version control, and coordinate seamless code integration into the release process.

  • Manage deployment pipelines with a focus on automation, leveraging GitHub Actions or other CI/CD tools.

  • Provide visibility into release progress and performance metrics to stakeholders, reporting on release readiness and identifying potential risks.

AWS Infrastructure Management:

  • Design, implement, and manage scalable, reliable, and cost-effective AWS cloud infrastructure to support application releases and business operations.

  • Utilize AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch to architect cloud solutions that align with business requirements.

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as AWS CloudFormation and Terraform to automate provisioning and configuration management of AWS resources.

  • Ensure high availability, performance optimization, and disaster recovery strategies for mission-critical systems.

  • Leverage cloud-native monitoring tools to ensure the health, security, and performance of the infrastructure.

DevSecOps Integration and CI/CD Pipeline Automation:

  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools to automate build, test, and deployment processes.

  • Manage and optimize GitHub repositories, ensuring code repository best practices and maintaining workflows within GitHub.

  • Facilitate and optimize the integration of GitHub with AWS and other DevOps tools to automate deployments and version tracking.

Process Improvement & Optimization:

  • Continuously evaluate and improve release management, cloud infrastructure processes, and DevSecOps practices to drive efficiency, security, and scalability.

  • Implement best practices for infrastructure and release management to streamline operations, reduce downtime, and improve overall system reliability.

  • Automate manual processes through scripting to enhance operational efficiency and reduce human errors.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Product teams, Engineering, QA, CTO Teams) in managing and maintaining the release infrastructure along with the deployment process to ensure efficient and secure releases.

  • Act as a liaison between development, operations, and other business units to ensure smooth, secure, and compliant software releases.

  • Provide regular updates and transparent reporting to senior management regarding release schedules, infrastructure performance, and security initiatives.

What should you have

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or any Technology Stream from a renowned University or a related field.

  • 8+ years of experience inIT infrastructure management, release management, and DevOps roles, with at least 5 years focused on AWS cloud environments.

  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, VPC, IAM, VPC security, encryption) and related cloud management tools.

  • Demonstrated expertise in integrating DevSecOps practices into CI/CD pipelines , including automation tools and techniques (Preferred: GitHub/GitHub Actions).

  • Experience with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation

  • Strong understanding of networking concepts and connections in cloud environments; infrastructure architect experience is highly desirable.

  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Shell.

  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes is a plus.

  • Excellent leadership and team management abilities, with a proven track record of driving cross-functional collaboration and strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

  • Excellent communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities effectively.

Current Contingent Workers apply


Availability Management, Capacity Management, Change Controls, Configuration Management (CM), Design Applications, Incident Management, Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure, IT Service Management (ITSM), Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Administration, System Designs


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