Senior Release Manager

SUMMARY:
12 Month Contract role available with top tier client based in Sandton.  Financial Services sector requires a Release analyst that Monitors the SDLC and ensures that the tested source code is replicated into the Dev, Test and production environment. While the build is progressing, handle any incidents and in cases of severe incidents make recommendations for Roll Back

POSITION INFO:
Key Purpose
Monitors the SDLC and ensures that the tested source code is replicated into the Dev, Test and production environment. While the build is progressing, handle any incidents and in cases of severe incidents make recommendations for Roll Back

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Steering and implementation of Release Management improvement initiatives and strategy
• Managing the Release plan and co-ordinating of resources and release activies as part of plan
• Managing and understanding the release in context of the feature deliverable and regularly communicating updates to relevant stakeholders
• Design and Steer release improvement initiatives and strategy
• Engage various technical teams as part of release planning and execution
• Be observant of process and deployment inefficiencies and gaps for input into a post-release review with various teams.
• Chair various release meetings, minute and communicate
• Track the progress of features in during the SDLC phases
• Evaluate and communicate risk of feature releases based on testing results, timelines and readiness to deliver
• Log and resolve any issues arising from release by co-ordinating with various SME’s
• Strong Governance on quality and release procedures eg rollback

• Podantic about Governance
• Authoritive
• Risk-averse
• Stress Management
• Coach and Mentor
• Client focused
• Acute to accuracy
• Time Management & prioritisation
• Business writing (reports) and presentation

• Grade 12, ITIL Foundation, ITIL OSA
• ITIL Services exam passed/ITIL Service Management
• Relevant Tertiary Qualification

• At least 5 years’ experience in Release Management
• Servicenow experience is advantageous
• Practical experience on SAFE and DevOps activities

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