Hello Partners,
Build / Release / Configuration Manager
Location: Madison, WI
Duration: 15 months
Interview: phone, video conference or face to face
Consultant: They love more local candidates but are open to outside the area
Job Description:
Release Coordinators (RCs) are responsible for coordinating implementation
activities that bring a new software release/patch into integration and
production environments within our client. RCs ensure that the integrity
of pre-prod and prod environments are protected and the correct components
are released by owning deployment schedules for all environments. As part
of the release cycle, RCs are the central knowledge point of all
integrations within any given release. RCs focus on coordinating
integrated pieces from product deliverables that must come together to work
as an integrated release package, solution, or primary release. RCs
coordinate deployment milestones ensuring those milestones are planned,
managed, and come together in a timely manner. RCs group releases together
based on efficiency, integrations, and compatibility as they are promoted
through lower environments.
Detailed Role Responsibilities:
•Accountable for creating, managing and maintaining the specifics of a
Predetermined Release Schedule
•Accountable for all release activities within the implementation of a
given project
-Communicate implementation plans, status, and issues to higher I/S
mgmt levels
-Work with change mgmt to coordinate and schedule the release
of change orders into prod
-Gather application and component data required for a release and
create change orders for those items
-Prepare implementation plan and review with project teams and
stakeholders including contact lists, communication, back out, and
prod verification
-Execute implementation plan during the final change to prod and
communicate status during deployments and prod verification
-Gather and coordinate post implementation issue resolutions and
communication
-Communicate release schedules and planned dates to Launch and
Sales team
-Coordinate approvals for deploying off schedule and emergency
releases
-Act as central point of contact for all product releases
•Accountable for incorporating vendor applications into the release
processes
•Work with environment team for requirement review, setup and configuration
of pre prod environments
•Accountable for reviewing ongoing impact analysis and communication to
other teams that are part of a larger release
•Accountable for developing, process improvements and training of standard
release processes, including deployment schedules
•Identifies areas of risk and conflict within and across multiple releases
and work with project teams to mitigate these issues
•Influence parallel development strategies including branching, merging,
and version management
Required Skills:
1. 3 years of experience required in Release Coordination/Mgr role
2. Experience managing implementations with many system
integrations/dependencies
3. Software Development Lifecycle experience including waterfall,
iterative, and agile
4. Excellent team player with team building skills
5. Excellent Communication Skills - verbal and written
6. Ability to work with all levels in the organization
7. Ability to understand architecture and integrations with Java based
SOA
8. Build/Deployment process knowledge in Java applications
9. Change Mgmt process knowledge and tool experience
(e.g. CA service desk, HP Service Mgr)
10. 3 years of experience in IBM mainframe deployments including
Cobol/Natural languages and CA Endevor or similar( 1 time only requirement)
Regards:
Sam Williams - Recruiting Manager
ITBrainiac Inc.
Direct : 646-499-5264|| Fax : Fax 312.582.2699
116 Village Blvd, Suite 200 - Princeton, NJ 08540
[email protected] || [email protected]
www.itbrainiac.com
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