RELEASE MANAGER

360 IT Professionals; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company in Dallas is seeking an experienced Release Engineer to manage and coordinate the release activities for the Enterprise Data and Analytics platform. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 8 years of software development experience, knowledge of ITIL practices, and experience with automation and CI/CD tools. This role mandates effective collaboration with multiple teams to ensure smooth release processes and configuration management. This position offers opportunities to work with top clients in the industry.

Qualifications

• 8 years of overall software development/release/configuration management experience.
• Two or more years as Configuration and/or Release Engineer.
• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments and scripting languages.
• Experience with Automation tools, CI/CD for software delivery.
• Experience in Airlines Industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and coordination of technology-related release activities.
• Establish Release Management procedures, metrics, and standards.
• Maintain Release Management documentation and configuration control.
• Liaise with stakeholders for managing release-related issues and conflicts.
• Manage release schedules to pre-production and production environments.

Skills

Software development/release/configuration management experience

ITIL best practices experience

Unix/Linux environments

Scripting languages

Agile/DevOps project lifecycles

Automation tools

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Teradata

AWS

ETL technologies

Airlines Industry experience

MicroStrategy, Hadoop, Data Mirror

Job description

360 IT Professionals is leading name in the software development industry, bring innovative business solutions to clients in Silicon Valley. We are always looking forward to bring aboard IT professionals and help them build a career in the IT Industry by providing the opportunity to work with our top clients in US.

Job Description

Job Description: Provide expert management and coordination of all technology‑related release activities for Enterprise Data and Analytics (EDNA) DWBI platform and related applications / projects. Contribute to the Release Management function in EDNA by instituting and demonstrating industry best practices for release, configuration and implementation management. Ensure the integrity of releases and of pre‑release configuration items by executing the following:

• Establish EDNA Release Management procedures, processes, metrics, and standards. Interface with and manage multiple internal and external teams' configuration needs during release pipeline activities.
• Ensure Release Management processes are developed further, continuously monitored and improved over time to ensure optimal efficiency.
• Ensure Release Management documentation set is maintained. Ensure projects maintain configuration control of software baselines and modifications.
• Ensure Intellectual Property and documentation for software deliveries are created and stored in an auditable manner, within the CMDB.
• Act as primary liaison between technology/product solution groups for configuration and release management purposes. Conduct/manage the delivery of all software releases from the EDNA Development groups.
• Liaise with all stakeholders (QA, Development, Operations, Data, Product, and Project Managers) to manage any issues, requests and conflicts.
• Execute, control and manage a schedule of planned releases to pre‑production and production environments. Define common mechanisms for rollback and standards for capturing release‑related performance indicators.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• 8 years of overall software development/release/configuration management experience,
• Two or more years as Configuration and/or Release Engineer.
• Demonstrated ITIL best practices experience related to Release Management, Configuration Management, and Change Management.
• Working knowledge of Unix/Linux environments. Skill with one or more scripting languages.
• Experience in governing both waterfall as well as Agile/DevOps project lifecycles.
• Experience with Automation tools, Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Experience in Teradata, AWS
• Experience in ETL technologies like Informatica, NZSQL, Ab Initio
• Experience in Airlines Industry
• Experience in MicroStrategy, Hadoop, Data Mirror is a plus

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.