RELEASE MANAGER

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.

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

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