Build & Release Manager

Tanisha Systems; West Chester (Chester County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm is seeking a professional for a key role in agile development. The position involves driving Continuous Integration and Delivery processes to ensure high availability of applications. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree and 5-8 years of relevant experience, with solid skills in managing build tools, version control, and test automation. This role requires regular collaboration with various teams to ensure efficient product delivery.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years related experience in software development or integration.
• Strong expertise in automation of builds and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain tools for product development and delivery.
• Manage code repositories and support integration.
• Establish a branching/merge strategy for product delivery.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams regarding builds and releases.

Skills

Version control system administration for TFS and GIT

Source code branching strategy experience

Software build tools expertise

Test automation tools knowledge

Automation scripting skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

Tools

MS Build

Team City

Gulp

GoCD

NPM

Protractor

Selenium

NUnit

Job description

This individual will work as part of an agile development team focusing on Continuous Integration and Delivery processes and tools to drive releases to our customers while maintaining 100% uptime for a high profile/high availability application.

Major Duties:

• Works as part of a lean agile development team to deliver business solutions
• Continuous refinement of processes and tools that focus on continuous integration
• Both manage and participate in software build and delivery processes
• Punctual, regular, and consistent attendance

Core Responsibilities:

• Perform responsibly for the creation, implementation, and maintenance (including upgrades) of all tools utilized in our product development and delivery process.
• Perform responsibly for automation of builds, and process improvements for multiple applications.
• Review, analyze, modify programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support an organization's applications.
• Manage code repositories and support software integration.
• Understand our architecture of systems including analysis, design, integration and development.
• Establish and maintain a branching/merge strategy consistent with product delivery processes.
• Be responsible for the daily build and release operations of multiple key products, and communication with development, QA, Tech Support and Product Management.

Requirements:

• Strong working knowledge with the following technologies / products / methodologies:
• Version control system (VCS) administration for TFS and GIT
• Source code branching strategy and patterns experience
• Software build tools such as MS Build, Team City, Gulp GoCD and NPM
• Test automation tools like Protractor, Selenium, and NUnit
• Automation scripting with Windows Shell scripting

Job Specification:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent
• Generally requires 5-8 years related experience