Sr. DevOps Deployment Manager

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is Seeking a Sr. DevOps Deployment Manager for a contract role for with our client in Austin, TX.

***HYRBRID - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE AUSTIN, TX AREA WILL BE CONSIDERED***

Primary work location: 1609 Centre Creek Dr., Suite 200, Austin TX 78754.

Hybrid: 3 days remote, 2 days onsite (Tuesdays and Fridays).

Interviews are via Teams and ONSITE in AUSTIN

No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Environment Management Team - Deployment Manager

HHSC Social Services Applications division is seeking a Senior Technical Deployment Manager (DM) to:

• Oversee the deployment and validation of SSA application releases and system enhancements to production.
• Oversee the troubleshooting of environment issues encountered during development in the dev/test environments.
• Plan and coordinate with multiple internal I/T organizations, trading partners, vendors and consultants on an ongoing basis.
• Work closely with the business and I/T management for environment demand planning and driving I/T and operation resources for timely delivery of application environments - including new environment standups and frequent refactoring and reconfiguration of existing environments through manual and automated processes (Code, DB, Configuration, Security and Platform updates).
• Lead projects and IT sprints for improving environment delivery process through automation and standardization.
• Utilize Agile development or provide direction that meets SSA goals and objectives by participating in backlog grooming & user story development and work together with other teams in support of application enhancements planned to support new programs & business requests and to enhance quality, scalability & stability of the applications.
• Lead and triage troubleshooting sessions involving subject matter experts from different I/T areas for the purpose of restoring functionality and isolating and root causing issues.

Hands-on experience with monitoring and APM tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace is highly preferred.

Environment triage support responsibility includes both workday and night/weekend on-call support for all development, test, training, and production environments.

This service helps maintain high availability for developers, testers, trainers, and production end users. It includes both workday and night/weekend on-call support as required to maintain high availability of the applications for various users.

This position works under minimal direction with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions:

• Oversee the planning and coordination of environment setup while focusing on timely delivery of environments; manage risks and issues.
• Coordinate software deployments with application development teams, DevOps engineers, testers, TIERS Ops & Security and our business stakeholders to plan and coordinate environment setup and configuration.
• Lead and triage troubleshooting process for systems involving 100s of I/T services and components undergoing complex changes; exercise technical judgement and leadership skills in coordinating SME groups across code, configuration, middleware, database, network and other I/T areas; complete root cause analysis documentation; train juniors and strategize process improvements.
• Oversee troubleshooting of environment issues encountered during development in the dev/test environments; coordinate with Middleware, EM, database, network and development teams to identify root cause of issues and provide fixes; train junior team members and refine processes.
• Maintain the IT DevOps roadmap in accordance with SSA goals; attend IT Governance meetings; develop and update the roadmap and seek senior management approval.
• Provide Scrum Master Support for DevSecOps teams using Agile development practices; participate in backlog grooming, user story development, prioritization, retrospectives, and ensure SSA Agile guidelines are followed.
• Oversee and manage analysis, resolution, and removal of impediments during sprint development; promote self-directing and self-organizing team behavior.
• Oversee staff and assign work; resolve conflict; mentor staff; ensure team productivity.
• Produce critical and complex reports to management including environment usage, CI/CD pipeline status, and presentations of advanced IT proposals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
In-depth knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, XP.
Ability to supervise staff and assign/prioritize work.
Strong communication skills across business and IT audiences.
Ability to coach sprint teams on Agile methodology.
Strong knowledge of SDLC, software development processes, code quality, testing, and DevOps.
Strong analytical, planning, organizational, conflict-resolution and leadership skills.
Ability to use Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, VersionOne.
Strong presentation and communication skills at all levels.
Creative problem-solving with attention to detail and big-picture alignment.

Registration or Licensure Requirements:
PMI-ACP preferred
PMI-PMP preferred

Initial Selection Criteria:
Graduation from an accredited 4-year college or university in a related field preferred.
5 years hands-on experience managing large software development projects.
5 years hands-on experience with SCRUM/AGILE methodologies.
Knowledge of PMLC/SDLC.
Experience overseeing multi-function project teams.

Technical background/skills:

-Knowledge of the PMLC/SDLC

-Experience overseeing multi-function project teams.

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