Company

Financial Services

Lead,ReleaseManager

CA$135–195k ~AI est. Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead, Release Manager. Skills: Release management, SDLC, DevOps, Cloud technology. Collaborate with cross functional teams. Communicate with cross functional teams”

What You'll Achieve.

Release delivering to production on-time; Zero disruptions to business; Zero disruptions to customers

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving skills; Mitigate issues; Resolve issues; Troubleshooting discussions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum 7 years’ experience in release management, Minimum 2 years’ experience in software development life-cycle, Minimum 2 years’ experience in ITIL framework, Sound understanding of cloud technology, Proficient user of Microsoft Office 365 tools, Good knowledge of SDLC concepts, Good knowledge of waterfall methodologies, Good knowledge of agile methodologies, Excellent coordination skills, Excellent problem-solving skills, Oral communication skills, Written communication skills, Ability to work independently

Nice to Have

Agile Certification is a major asset, Scrum Master Certification is a major asset, Business Process Improvement Certification is a major asset, Change Management Certification is a major asset, Knowledge of SharePoint is an asset, Knowledge of Jira is an asset, Knowledge of Confluence is an asset, Knowledge of MS Office Tools is an asset, Knowledge of business systems is an asset, Knowledge of technology infrastructure is an asset, Knowledge of software development is an asset, Knowledge of data warehousing is an asset, Knowledge of data centres is an asset, Leadership skills to manage teams

What You'll Do.

Collaborate with cross functional teams

Communicate with cross functional teams

Facilitate environmental requirements

Facilitate code deployments

Plan software releases

Manage software releases

Implement governance for releases

Apply checkpoints throughout release phases

Apply processes throughout release phases

Apply gates throughout release phases

Maintain integrated release plan

Communicate date changes

Ensure entry criteria requirements are satisfied

Coordinate development environments

Monitor development environments

Maintain development environments

Coordinate testing environments

Monitor testing environments

Maintain testing environments

Mitigate environment issues

Resolve environment issues with vendors

Recommend process streamlining

Recommend process integration

Plan production deployments

Coordinate production deployments

Facilitate production deployments

Collaborate with stakeholders

Maintain ticket documentation

Maintain deployment documentation

Maintain environment documentation

Maintain procedure documentation

Manage release pipeline to QA

Manage release pipeline to Staging

Manage release pipeline to Production

Ensure exit criteria requirements are satisfied

Track environments daily

Monitor environments daily

Report environments daily

Monitor releases daily

Report releases daily

Track environments weekly

Monitor environments weekly

Report environments weekly

Track releases weekly

Monitor releases weekly

Report releases weekly

Track environments monthly

Monitor environments monthly

Report environments monthly

Track releases monthly

Monitor releases monthly

Report releases monthly

Manage release schedule risks

Resolve release schedule issues

Manage code quality risks

Resolve code quality issues

Conduct Release Readiness reviews

Conduct Milestone Reviews

Conduct Business Go/No-Go reviews

Produce Deployment Plans

Produce delivery runbooks

Deliver releases to production on-time

Coordinate patching activities with vendors

Coordinate maintenance activities with vendors

Ensure application versions are deployed correctly

Coordinate test data in lower environments

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross functional teams; Internal teams; External teams; DevOps teams; Quality Assurance teams; API developers; Project Stakeholders; Developers; QA; BA; Architects; DevOps Engineers

Communication Scope

Oral communication; Written communication

Process & Methodology

Release management, SDLC, Agile, Waterfall

Full Job Description

## Description Purpose of Job   The Lead, Release manager will collaborate and communicate with various internal and external cross functional teams at every level, for example, DevOps, Quality Assurance, external cloud vendors, API developers, and Project Stakeholders, to facilitate environmental requirements and code deployments on various projects. They will also be responsible for planning and managing software releases for ET&D during the full SDLC lifecycle, including post implementation warranty period. They will implement governance for releases by applying checkpoints, processes, and gates throughout release phases in a dynamic and fast paced environment. They will maintain an integrated release plan, communicate date changes accordingly and ensure that entry into the release satisfies all entry criteria requirements.  ## The Work! Coordinate, monitor and maintain development/testing environments across multiple teams to know what is going on where at any given point in time Mitigate issues in said environments and work with vendors as necessary to permanently resolve issues Recommend approaches to streamline and integrate technological processes in the organization to improve overall release management efficiencies Plan, co-ordinate and facilitate production deployments Collaborates efficiently and effectively with several stakeholders including but not limited to Developers, QA, BA, Architects, DevOps Engineers, and other team members to drive releases Maintain up-to-date documentation for tickets, deployments, environments, procedures, etc. Manage the release pipeline towards QA, Staging and Production deployments Ensure that a release satisfies all exit criteria requirements (ensure completeness of release document) Track, monitor and report in environments and releases daily, weekly, and monthly at various management forums as required from time to time Manages risks and resolves issues related to release schedule and code quality Conduct Release Readi

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