Description
Title - Infrastructure & Configuration Release Manager (IT & Financial Services)
Location - Dublin (Ireland) (You will need to be working via an Irish Registered Umbrella/Ltd Company)
Start Date - November 2013
Length - 6month Contract (+ Extensions)
Rate - €450 - €465 per day
A highly sought after, leading Global financial services client of ours are looking for an experienced Configuration Release Manager to offer their services for 6months being based from the Dublin Site.
Infrastructure & Configuration Release Manager
* Responsible for creating, organising and managing activities for building and maintaining software releases for their promotion through application/system environments from development through to production.
* Responsible for managing multi discipline configuration teams on/off shore in a Matrix management organisation, as well as direct reports and determines the required skill sets, schedule and resource requirements needed to implement releases at all SDLC stages.
* Provides expert technical support to project team developers and test analysts in executing and managing test processes and establishing the environments used to conduct testing of final deliverables.
* Responsible for all activities related to software products (new installation and upgrade releases) meeting quality standards and performance objectives set by Property Casualty Data Management/Enterprise Data Management infrastructure application/systems performance SLA's.
* Interface and coordinate release management tasks with internal and external resources.
* Provide input definition and management of the process for deploying and integrating IT capabilities into the business in a way that is sensitive to and fully compatible with business as usual operations.
* Provides configuration and release SME input to technical governance of all solutions that crosses multiple technologies and development teams.
* Responsible for the production of SDLC artefact's relating to configuration and release management and adhering to compliance and audit standards.
Minimum Experience:
* Insurance/financial services operations, customer, data and or technology experience
* Experience utilising IBM Infosphere information server suite (IIS), DB2, SOA, IBM Enterprise Service Bus, Web, web 2.0,J2EE/.NET, WebSphere Application Server, XML
* Expert experience in change management/implementation and planning
* Experience as a lead Release and Configuration manager with responsibility in complex integrated systems environment, multiple technologies utilising on/off shore teams providing expert knowledge in release and configuration process, standards and guidelines.
* Experience with automated configuration management/code management systems such as Endeavor, PVCS, CVS, ClearCase or Visual SourceSafe
* Strong technical background in information technology management
* Strong process knowledge of System Development Life Cycles
* Can demonstrate experience with program languages and program scripts such as SQL, HTML, SQL Server, C++, Visual Basic, Microsoft Active Server Pages
* Strong knowledge of testing and defect tracking tools such as HP Quality Center; and excellent presentation and communication skills.
* Excellent track record of configuration and release management delivery
* Exposure to principles of data management, master data management, data quality and associated tools.
Hy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.