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Please do find attached JD, I need couple of THE BEST resumes. IT Change and Release Management Analyst Location: - Princeton , NJ Duration: - 6+ months *Summary* The IT Change and Release Management Analyst is responsible for the day-to-day execution of the IT change management and release management processes. The goal of change management is primarily a risk management control to prevent unauthorized changes to technical systems and services which could result in unplanned business outages, deviation from standards or difficulty supporting day-to-day operations. The goal of release management is scheduling, coordinating and management of software releases, for multiple applications, through different stages and environments; including testing and deployment. The incumbent will be expected to manage the IT change and release management processes as well be available for off-hour support managing communications related to the job functions as necessary. The Change and Release Analyst will lead the Change Advisory Board to provide input into the decision-making process, input into prioritization, impact assessments, release process capacity information, etc. *Responsibilities* *Change Management Functions:* - Develop and implement an IT Change Management Framework, to include identifying and executing improvements to current change management policies and processes. - Develop process flow diagrams and standard operating procedures. - Foster a common understanding of the IT Change Management Framework’s scope, applicability, and key sub-processes including configuration and requirements management. - Continually work towards making improvements in the change management processes - Provide coaching and advisory services in the planning, development and execution of an IT Change Management Framework. - Establish and report on metrics related to the IT change management program - Ensure appropriate documentation and artifacts related to proposed changes is collected, organized and stored - Facilitate the weekly IT Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings - Initiate and drive the adoption of the ITIL Change Management process. *Release Management Functions:* - Forward plans the release windows and cycles across a portfolio - Negotiates, plans and manages all release activities - Manages risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality - Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors. - Measures and monitors progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time - Coordinates release content and effort based on projects, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates - Manages relationships and coordinates work between different teams - Conducts release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business go/no-go reviews - Communicates release details and schedules to the business as required. Performs regular release reporting - Works with personnel to understand impacts of branches and code merges - Leads and co-ordinates the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists. - Uses the IT Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings to discuss current and near-current releases - Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists - Researches new configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyzes their application to current configuration management needs - Working with DevOps and QA, establish Continuous Deployment practices and procedures. - Work directly with new development projects and teams to define and implement the software promotion, build and deployment process appropriate to the target runtime platform - Creation of Release Plan documentation for software projects. - Creation of software releases (manual or automate) during SDLC phases (development, Integration, QA, UAT, and Production). - Maintain the release calendar to support seamless code progression through all environments (INT/QA/UAT/Prod). - Train and support software development teams in the use of Release management processes and tools. - Establish Engineering completeness criteria including component/module dependencies to gate the delivery of releases into QA for testing - Implement and support build automation processes that compile, package and deploy applications for DEV, INT, QA, UAT and Production environments, including any post-rollout issues - Own the frozen scope of a release (enhancements + incidents). - Working closely with TRAC Business Stakeholders and Enterprise key positions (e.g. TRAC Leaders and PMO) - Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews - Work with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code merges - Maintains the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across key partners and vendors. - Administer, support, and maintain the source control system, performing routine maintenance and upgrades as necessary. *Skills* - 5+ years’ experience in enterprise IT change management, release management, Configuration management for large scale applications, ideally supporting an agile development process. - Ensure that change and release management policy and processes are followed through the software promotion, build, and deployment cycle. - Deep understanding of version control systems (svn, Git, etc.), including branching and merging strategies - Experience with software build tools (ant, maven), continuous integration tools (Jenkins) and DevOps tools (Puppet, Ansible, and Docker). - Experience with both Windows and Linux environments and scripting languages (powershell, perl but open to any language) - Understand and practice the source code management methodology and verify software application and database version control. - Solid understanding of project management principles and software development lifecycle(SDLC) principals preferred - Expert level knowledge of IT Service Management principles, best practices and frameworks such as ITIL. - Critical thinking and problem solving abilities. - In-depth analysis, reporting and documentation skills. - Ability to effectively monitor and implement continuous improvement in the areas of change, and release management. - Ability to document and communicate complex concepts in a user-friendly and audience-appropriate fashion to all levels of the organization from line level to management and executive teams. - Experience building and fostering coalitions to enable cooperation across multiple teams and domains to resolve complex problems and improve processes. - Proven interpersonal and verbal communication skills are required including excellent customer relationship skills - Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple projects with competing demands for resources. - Comfortable leading and facilitating meetings via video/audio conferencing or other communication tools. - Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite of products. *Preferred Skills* - Prior experience with development/scripting (Perl, Python, NET framework, Java, PowerShell) - Should have experience in Oracle, SQL Server, TFS, or Jira - Familiarity with build and deploy lifecycle for applications - Knowledge of SoX, PCI, and Segregation of Duties - DevOps experience - Operations background is a plus *Education* - Position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience. Thanks, *Pradeep | Qualonix Global Technologies* Phone : 305-359-5686 Email : [email protected] [image: Description: qualonix_logo2_full_200] *Disclaimer* : Under Bill’s.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S.Congress this mail cannot be considered spam as long as we include contact information If you are not interested in receiving our e-mails then please reply with a "REMOVE" in the subject line and mention all the e-mail addresses to be removed with any e-mail addresses, which might be diverting the e-mails to you. We are sorry for the inconvenience. All the removal requests will be duly acted upon -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SAP Workflow" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sap-workflow. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
