Release Manager

Job description

Release Manager

IMMEDIATE NEED for a Release Manager to join a well-established financial services company, based out of Irvine, CA.  In this role, you will take ownership of the Release Management lifecycle which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the enterprise for multiple applications across various portfolios and platforms. This includes implementing and managing release processes for the progression of code and infrastructure configuration changes in the development, test, and production environments. development teams. You will run Scrum meetings and work with a tracking tool (they are using Microsoft Azure DevOps). 



Responsibilities:


You’ll maintain the release schedule for all core services and ensure alignment across internal business and clientsYou will be part of the required scrum ceremonies to understand and plan future releasesYou will develop common strategies for release governance across multiple tracks/vendorsYou’ll facilitate cross-teams/vendors/department coordination of release management functions spread across multiple geographiesYou will communicate with Product, external, internal teams and end users about the release schedulesYou’ll communicate release status, activity progress and issues encountered throughout the duration of release activitiesYou will lead and coordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment plansYou will shepherd change requests through change management process and support the CAB processYou will escalate to request the approval to proceed in the event that a deviation to the plan or Change window is requiredYou’ll perform Release Management assessment and ensures implementation of the Release Management strategyYou will record and manage deviations, risks, and issues during the release process and take necessary corrective actionYou will help troubleshoot and coordinate activities to resolve incidents and issues in non-prod and prod regionsYou’ll lead release-level retrospectives to drive improvements across delivery and deploymentYou will work with DevOps team to coordinate and deploy the builds, and work with the QA team to smoke test the buildYou’ll support the Agile Delivery Manager as needed
 

Qualifications:


College diploma or university degree in software engineering, computer science, or business administration and/or 10+ years equivalent work experience5+ years Release Management experienceMust have mortgage industry experience3+ years Release Engineering/Configuration Management or Change Control experienceSolid understanding of Change Management processesKnowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools & frameworkKnowledge of ITIL standards and best practicesDetailed knowledge JIRA, Confluence, Portfolio and other agile toolsProven ability to manage multiple concurrent (staggered) releasesProven ability to balance multiple priorities and dealing with ambiguityExcellent verbal and written communication skillsExperience working in a fast-paced environmentCapable of managing multiple priorities with little instruction or oversight
 

Please send your resume to Andrew Butler, Senior Technical Recruiter for immediate consideration. Let us help you secure an interview!

 

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