Release Coordinator

Requirements

• Facilitates release planning meetings with key stakeholders to identify proper sequencing of release packages.
• Ensures that issues and risks are identified, understood, and dealt with in a manner that mitigates risk to scope and schedule.
• Participates in or facilitates the Change Advisory Board meetings and process.
• Defines and documents the release recommendation for each release and/or change to production. Includes release scope, schedule, deliverables, and roll back plan.
• Reviews release recommendation with key stakeholders.
• Maintakes release decisions and processes in terms of the big picture/cross-departmental impacts.
• Maintains release management schedule for specific (or assigned) system(s).
• Documents and communicates all changes for a release in release notes which are published to the internal team.
• Identifies opportunities to make tactical improvements to the release management process.
• Maintains documentation of all processes.
• Creates release management standards to be followed.
• Educates on the release methodology and strategy.
• Collections feedback from the users of release management standards and identifies the need to modify or retire a standard based on the feedback.

Qualifications

• Supports the Change Advisory Board process and validates the release deployment plan.
• Ensures all release deliverables are completed inline with the release dates and deadlines.
• Manages release notes, approvals, communications, contact lists, and pre and post-release verification activities.
• Supports Go-Live activities including the execution of deployment plans and checklist.
• Works with engineers and project teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges.

Benefits

• Supportive, progressive, fast-paced environment.
• Competitive pay structure.
• Matching 401(k) with immediate vesting.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, & short-term disability insurance.