Network Release Manager, Load Balancing

Title:

Network Release Manager, Load Balancing

Duration: 12 Months

The Network Release Manager is responsible for coordinating the planning, readiness, execution, and stabilization of complex network implementations supporting enterprise Load Balancing services, with a primary focus on F5 BIG-IP and VMware Avi Load Balancer technologies.

This role partners across Network Engineering, Operations, Architecture, Product Management, Project Management, application teams, Change Management, and third-party providers to ensure

• Coordinate end-to-end implementation activities supporting F5 BIG-IP, VMware Avi Load Balancer, and related application-delivery services.
• Develop and manage change implementation schedules, milestones, resource requirements, risks,
• Facilitate implementation-readiness reviews, implementation checkpoints, change windows, Production Day-One support, and post-implementation reviews.
• Monitor implementation execution and proactively resolve or escape schedule conflicts, resource constraints, technical dependencies, and delivery risks.
• Coordinate engineering, operations, vendors, and project resources across multiple concurrent releases without direct reporting authority.
• Provide clear and timely release status, risk, issue, and escalation communications to delivery teams and senior stakeholders.
• Ensure releases comply with enterprise Change Management policies, controls, and documentation requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve release processes, reporting, automation, and overall delivery effectiveness.

• 5+ years of experience coordinating technical delivery, infrastructure projects, production releases, or enterprise changes.
• Experience supporting network infrastructure and enterprise Change/Release Management processes.
• Working technical knowledge of Load Balancing and application-delivery concepts, including virtual IPs, pools, nodes, health monitors, SSL/TLS certificates, DNS, routing, firewall dependencies, and traffic management.

• Direct experience supporting F5 BIG-IP and/or VMware Avi Load Balancer environments.
• Familiarity with F5 technologies such as LTM, DNS/GTM, Advanced WAF/ASM, and APM.
• Experience coordinating load-balancing migrations, platform refreshes, software upgrades, vulnerability remediation, or application onboarding.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence and hybrid waterfall/Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience with in banking, financial services, or another highly regulated environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• PMP, ITIL, SAFe, CCNA, F5, VMware Avi, or related certifications are a plus.

Success in this role means delivering predictable, well-coordinated, and compliant network change with risks identified early, dependencies actively managed, stakeholders informed, and production services protected throughout the change lifecycle.