Application Release Administrator

About the role

Bank of Baghdad is seeking an Application Release Administrator to join its IT team. The role involves coordinating, managing and supporting application releases across multiple environments while adhering to change management and IT governance standards. You will work closely with development, testing, infrastructure and business stakeholders to ensure smooth deployments and minimise operational risk.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and schedule application releases and deployments.
• Ensure releases comply with change management and IT governance standards.
• Collaborate with development, testing and infrastructure teams to confirm release readiness.
• Execute and monitor deployments across development, test, and production environments.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment records and release calendars.
• Troubleshoot and resolve release‑related issues, supporting rollback and recovery when needed.
• Continuously improve release management processes and deployment efficiency.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
• 2–3 years of experience in application deployment, release management or IT operations.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and change management processes.
• Knowledge of banking technology environments (core banking, payments, cards, digital banking, compliance, batch processing) is highly preferred.
• Relevant certifications such as ITIL, DevOps or Agile are an advantage.

Required skills

• Familiarity with release automation and CI/CD tools.
• Experience with version control systems.