What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infrastructure Release Analyst position at Compunnel Inc.?
Job Title - Infrastructure Release Analyst (W2 ONLY)
Location - Taylor, Texas, USA
We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Release Analyst to support our 24/7 IT Operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating changes that affect facilities, infrastructure, hardware, operating systems, database platforms, firmware, network, and software environments.
Responsibilities:
Provide support, oversight, administration, and facilitation of changes that affect infrastructure, hardware, operating systems, database platforms, firmware, network, and software environments for 24/7 IT Operations.
Release Planning & Coordination
- Organize and lead effective release planning meetings, ensuring cross-functional alignment across application, infrastructure, and cloud teams.
- Define and maintain a structured release calendar for applications and infrastructure, including OS patching, cloud deployments, middleware upgrades, and security updates.
- Establish a consistent and predictable release cadence across IT applications, cloud platforms, and infrastructure components.
Release Execution & Governance
- Manage end-to-end infrastructure/application release cycles, coordinating on-premises and/or cloud environments to minimize disruptions.
- Ensure adherence to enterprise IT policies and security standards while executing application and infrastructure releases.
- Track release deliverables, security compliance checks, and functional/security test approvals, ensuring production readiness.
- Monitor infrastructure changes, including system upgrades, network modifications, storage enhancements, and patching cycles.
Cloud & Automation Integration (Preferred)
- Oversee cloud infrastructure deployments - Azure, ensuring successful configuration and validation.
- Collaborate with DevOps and IT System Reliability teams to integrate automated release pipelines, CI/CD best practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies.
Security & Compliance
- Ensure infrastructure releases comply with security policies and regulatory requirements.
Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement
- Track and report key release performance metrics, including patch deployment success rates, release cycle efficiency, system downtime, and rollback trends.
- Facilitate root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortem reviews for failed or delayed releases, driving process improvements.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Act as a liaison between development, operations, cloud, and security teams to optimize infrastructure release management.
- Provide support to the Change Advisory Board (CAB), ensuring infrastructure changes are properly assessed and documented.
Jira/ServiceNow & ITSM Integration
- Utilize Jira/ServiceNow to manage release workflows, change approvals, and infrastructure deployment tracking.
