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Liberty IT Solutions, LLC

Release Manager

Liberty IT Solutions, LLC, Melbourne, Florida, United States, 32935


Summary:

The Release Manager is the major liaison between application development and production for release management control. This person is responsible for the cross-technology domain release management, process design, optimization and policy. Release management oversees the process by which the production environment is updated, upgraded and maintained.

Remote work allowed.

Required Education:

Bachelor’s Degree or higher

Required Years of Experience:

A minimum of 5 years of experience in software development with proven release responsibilities

Responsibilities:

Develop, audit, monitor and enforce established release management processes and policies in support of cross-domain configuration integration, testing, completeness, and consistency

Provide support to domain-specific release management resources in a timely and efficient manner

Coordinate release program activities and functions as a subject matter expert in release management, ensuring production readiness in a timely fashion

Ensure alignment with third-party deployment expectations and processes, keeping development teams up-to-date on changes with schedule, processes, or policies

Create and track the release improvement process to be applied across all domains and functions

Responsible for release communication to stakeholders ensuring clear visibility and accountability for releases, to include Release Readiness Reviews, Milestones, Go/No-Go Decisions

Work closely with project management to raise and mitigate release risks

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience with Atlassian tools to include JIRA and Confluence

DevSecOps experience

Familiarity with the Agile Scrum methodology

Experience with management and coordination of Release activities between multiple workstreams

Experience with UAT and IOC coordination between the Development team and VA Stakeholders/Business Owners

Prior release management experience

Proficiency in application development release processes and tools

Excellent analytical skills and troubleshoots metadata deployment errors

Good verbal and written communication skills

Ability to proactively keep the team mindful of deadlines and requirements; clearly articulates what and why process steps are necessary

Excellent organizational skills; detail oriented

Ability to build and manage relationships effectively with clients, third-party partners and internal stakeholders

Must be comfortable with MS Project and able to work closely with Project Managers and Planner/Scheduler to make assumptions and manage shifting schedules.

Must be able to articulate and manage tasks, dependencies, task durations and risks in a timely manner.

Preferred Qualifications:

Prior experience with VA / US Government Agencies

ITIL certification in release management

Project management (PMP) certification

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