Role and Responsibilities:
- Scale Agile Framework Release Train Engineer
- Forward Plan the release windows and cycles across a portfolio
- Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
- Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and within budget, and that they meet or exceed expectations
- Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
- Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and scope changes
- Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations
- Conduct Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews
- Produce Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans
- Weekly Release Reporting
- Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required
- Negotiate, plan and manage all release activities
- 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.
- Continually work towards making improvements in the release process
- Lead and co-ordinate the Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans and checklists.
- Develops scripts and automation tools used to build, integrate, and deploy software releases to various platforms
- Participate in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks
- Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
- Researches new software development and configuration management methodologies and technologies and analyzes their application to current configuration management needs
- Perform Environment Land Lord responsibilities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 2-4 years of previous release and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred)
- 6-8 years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development
- 2-4 year of previous Release Train Engineer experience – this is a key skill
- Formal training in project management practices preferred
- SCRUM Master experience preferred
- Scale Agile Framework and Release Train Engineer role experience a big plus
- Environment Land Lord experience highly preferred
- Advanced knowledge of PMLC and SDLC
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion
- Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills are a must
- General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office expert level knowledge of Excel, working Knowledge of Access
Education Requirement: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Must-Have Experience :
- 6-8 years of experience in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development
- 2-4 year of previous Release Train Engineer experience – this is a key skill
- Formal training in project management practices preferred
- SCRUM Master experience preferred
- Scale Agile Framework and Release Train Engineer role experience a big plus
- 2-4 years of previous release and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred)
