Software Build & Release Manager

Overview

SS&C, a leading financial services and healthcare technology company, is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, with 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. The company serves over 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations worldwide.

Software Build & Release Manager

We are seeking an experienced Software Build and Release Manager to own, design, and continuously improve our build, integration, and release processes. This role ensures reliable, repeatable, and auditable software releases across multiple environments while enabling development teams to move quickly and safely.

The ideal candidate has deep, hands-on experience with Git Hub
, modern CI/CD pipelines, and release automation, and acts as a bridge between development, QA, security, and operations.

• Build & Release Management — Own the end-to-end build, integration, and release lifecycle across development, QA, UAT, and production environments.

• Design and enforce branching, tagging, and versioning strategies in Git Hub to support parallel development, hotfixes, and stable releases.

• Coordinate and execute scheduled and on-demand releases with a strong focus on quality, traceability, and rollback readiness
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• Manage release calendars, deployment sequencing, and change control activities.

• Git Hub & Source Control Leadership — Serve as the Git Hub subject-matter expert
  , including:

  • Repository design and governance

  • Branch protection rules and merge strategies (PRs, reviews, approvals)

  • Git Hub Actions workflows for build, test, and deployment automation

  • Code signing, artifact versioning, and release tagging

• Define and enforce source control best practices across teams.

• Support migration efforts from legacy source control systems to Git Hub where applicable.

• CI/CD & Automation — Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions and related tools.

• Integrate automated testing (unit, integration, regression), static analysis, and security scanning into pipelines.

• Ensure pipelines are performant, reliable, and scalable across multiple teams and applications.

• Manage build artifacts and dependencies using artifact repositories (e.g., Nexus, Artifactory).

• Release Governance & Quality — Establish and maintain release standards, documentation, and audit trails
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• Partner with QA and Security teams to ensure releases meet quality, compliance, and security requirements.

• Implement release metrics (build success rate, deployment frequency, MTTR, failure rate) and drive continuous improvement.

• Lead root-cause analysis for build or release failures and implement preventative improvements.

• Collaboration & Enablement — Work closely with Agile/PODS teams to align release processes with sprint and delivery goals.

• Train and mentor developers on Git Hub workflows, branching strategies, and CI/CD best practices.

• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership on build, release, and Dev Ops strategy.

• 7+ years of experience in build, release, or Dev Ops engineering roles.

• Deep, hands-on experience with Git Hub
  , including Git Hub Actions, pull request workflows, and repository governance.

• Strong expertise in Git branching strategies (Git Flow, trunk-based development, or hybrid models).

• Proven experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.

• Strong understanding of software versioning, dependency management, and release automation.

• Experience supporting parallel release tracks (e.g., stable vs. advanced releases).

• Excellent communication and coordination skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience with legacy-to-modern source control or CI/CD migrations.

• Familiarity with containerization and deployment platforms (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience in regulated or audit-heavy environments (SOX, SOC, financial services).

• Scripting experience (Power Shell, Bash, Python).

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Releases are predictable, repeatable, and low-risk
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• Developers are confident and efficient using Git Hub workflows.

• Build and release issues are detected early and resolved quickly.

• CI/CD pipelines are…