*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote*

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role*

A prestigious company is looking for a Release Engineering Coordinator. This person will manage the end-to-end release management process and will need 7+ years of experience with release/change/project management. The coordinator will work with Development, QA, technical and business teams while working with tools such as Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), ServiceNow, Jenkins, Docker, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the establishment, documentation, and maintenance of release management processes and procedures
• Manage the end-to-end release process
• Schedule releases and maintain the release calendar
• Work with technical and business teams to prioritize and scope scheduled releases.
• Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
• Conduct Release Meetings
• Produce Daily and Weekly Release Reporting
• Coordinate the creation and managing of release branches
• Work with development and source code management to understand impacts of branches and code merges.
• Participate in Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans.
• Develops scripts and automation tools used to continuously improve the release process
• Work with other technical team members to resolve all release related issues
• Conduct release review/retrospection meetings, gather feedback and ensure improvements are incorporated for future releases.
• Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management
• Serve as an advocate for release management, communicating release management processes and procedures throughout the company and assisting teams with adoption
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.), or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Project management experience leading small to large projects and development of project plans.
• 7+ years of previous release, change and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred)
• Working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methods
• Strong collaboration and partnership skills to work with Development, infrastructure, operations and business teams.
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Willingness to support and execute the current release and deployment model in parallel to developing automation of the processes
• Experience with Microsoft Office desktop tools (Project, Word, Excel),
• Experience with Service Now
• Experience with Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with source control tools such as GIT, Harness, Jenkins, Docker