Release Manager at Cognizant

Key Responsibilities

• Environmental Coordination & Scheduling
• Manage the calendar for all non-production and production environments, ensuring optimal availability and minimal conflicts.
• Track environment usage, maintenance windows and refresh schedules.
• Request Management
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all non-prod environment requests.
• Evaluate and prioritize requests based on business needs and technical feasibility
• Communication & Documentation
• Send environment status minutes weekly
• Send timely communications regarding environment availability, outages, changes and refreshes.
• Maintain clear documentation of environment configurations, schedules and requests.
• On call for urgent production outage communications
• Collaboration and Problem Solving
• Work closely with development, QA, infrastructure and SAP teams to understand environment needs and constraints
• Facilitate discussions to identify and implement optimal solutions for environment provisioning and usage.
• Technical Oversight
• Understand technical SAP landscape components and server types (e.g. applications servers, database servers).
• Coordinate with technical teams to ensure environments are properly configured and maintained.
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing IT environments, preferably in a large enterprise setting.
• Familiarity with SAP systems and server infrastructure (Windows, Linux, cloud/on-prem).
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience in global IT operations or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Background in software development, infrastructure, or systems engineering.
• Knowledge of ITIL or other service management frameworks.
  
  

Applications will be accepted until November 17,2025.

We regularly assess market data to ensure we offer a competitive compensation package for our associates. The base salary for this position ranges between $115,000 – $130,000 per year. Where the successful candidate may fall within the range depends on relevant education, work and/or management experience and other business-related and job-necessary qualifications. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual performance-based bonus, as well as benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.