DevOps Release Manager

DevOps Release Manager

Location: Portugal (Home based with occasional travel to Lisbon Office)

Salary: €50,000 - €55,000 (+ benefits)

Term: Permanent/Full Time

About Inspera

Inspera is a global leader in digital assessment solutions, helping universities and professional bodies deliver secure, scalable, and innovative exams. Our mission is simple: put pedagogy before technology and make assessment a driver of learning. With over 180 institutions worldwide trusting our platform, we’re shaping the future of education.

The role

As a DevOps Release Manager at Inspera, you’ll sit at the heart of our delivery process. You’ll work closely with engineering, QA, product, and operations teams to ensure releases are predictable, well-communicated, and low-risk — even in a fast-moving, agile environment.

You’ll own the release calendar, coordinate end-to-end release activities, and play a key role in ensuring our software reaches production smoothly and on time.

What you’ll be doing:

• Own and maintain the release calendar, aligning delivery across multiple teams
• Coordinate end-to-end release activities from development through to production
• Lead release readiness reviews, approvals, and go/no-go decisions
• Ensure accurate versioning, tagging, and release documentation
• Act as a key communication link between engineering, QA, product, and operations
• Support continuous improvement of release and deployment processes

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years’ experience in Release Management, DevOps, QA, Application Support, or Software Delivery
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field (preferred)
• Certifications such as ITIL, SAFe Agilist, PMP, or DevOps certifications are a plus

Technical & process skills:

• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience working in Agile and/or Scrum environments
• Familiarity with release, change, and incident management processes (ITIL preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
• Working knowledge of Git-based version control (GitHub, GitLab)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS

Tools & technologies:

• CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
• Project tracking tools like Jira or Azure Boards
• Collaboration and documentation tools (Confluence, Jira, Slack)
• Basic knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (e.g. ElasticSearch, CloudWatch, Grafana)

What makes you a great fit:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Comfortable managing multiple releases in parallel
• Calm and decisive under pressure, especially during production releases
• A proactive problem-solver with a continuous improvement mindset

Why Inspera?

• Work on products that make a real impact in education worldwide
• Collaborate with skilled, supportive engineering teams
• A culture that values quality, trust, and continuous learning
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Flexible, modern working environment

Ready to make an impact?

Apply now and help us shape the future of digital assessment.