Senior Program Manager with Agile (Environment - Release & Deployment Engineer)

Overview

On Site
$DOE
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - long term

Skills

PMP
Azure DevOps
Kanban
Mitigation
Project Management
Application Support
Documentation
Database
DEV OPS
Agile
QA
Root Cause Analysis
Posting
Microsoft Teams
Maintenance
Deployment
Best Practices
Problem-Solving
Leadership Skills
Jira
Jenkins
Continuous Integration/Delivery
ServiceNow
Life Cycle
GitHub
Scrum
Financial Project Management
Continuous Improvement
Scheduling
Confluence
Mentor
APM
GitLab
grafana
Real Time
IT Service Management
Batch Processing
Fixed Income
Capital Markets
Deployment Coordination
Slack

Job Details

Designation
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Location
New Jersey onsite
Job Description (Posting).


Senior Program Manager with Agile

Job Summary
The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for the overall program management, applying Agile methodology to drive successful project delivery. The role involves overseeing multiple projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and leading cross functional teams to achieve project objectives efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
1. Develop and implement program management strategies to ensure successful delivery of projects
2. Utilize agile methodology to manage projects, facilitate scrum meetings, and drive continuous improvement
3. Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, and implement mitigation plans to ensure project timelines are met
4. Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables
5. Lead and mentor project managers and teams to enhance performance and meet project milestones
6. Conduct regular project reviews and report on project status to senior management
7. Drive a culture of accountability, transparency, and collaboration within the project teams
8. Ensure adherence to quality standards, best practices, and compliance requirements in project execution
9. Continuously assess and improve project management processes to optimize efficiency and delivery quality

Skill Requirements
1. Proven experience in program management with a focus on delivering complex projects
2. In-depth knowledge and practical experience in agile methodology and frameworks (scrum, kanban, etc.)
3. Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate teams and drive results
4. Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities to engage with stakeholders at all levels
5. Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to address project challenges effectively
6. Proficiency in project management tools and software for planning, tracking, and reporting
7. Ability to prioritize multiple demands in a fast paced environment and adapt to changing priorities

Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP) and Agile certifications such as Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMIACP) are preferred
Skill (Primary):
Project Management Skills (APPS)-Program Management-Program Management
Other Requirement
Jefferies
Jersey City, NJ (onsite)

PFA JD for "Environment - Release & Deployment Engineer" role
## Key Responsibilities ## -
Proven experience in managing and coordinating complex non-production environments across multiple systems and interfaces for Investment and Capital Market domain
1. Environment Readiness & Validation
Perform daily health and sanity checks to confirm application, database, and integration availability.
Validate SOD/EOD jobs, batch processing in interconnected systems for functional divisions (Front Middle Back Office).
Track environment uptime, utilization, and dependencies, ensuring readiness for upcoming test cycles.
Coordinate and validate post-maintenance and patch activities with the teams.
Maintain standardized environment readiness checklists and Go/No-Go criteria before test start or release execution.
2. Release & Deployment Coordination
Coordinate and track all application releases and deployments across domains
Act as the single point of contact between Dev, QA, Infra, and DevOps during release execution.
Facilitate bridge calls or deployment channels to monitor progress and communicate issues in real time.
Manage release calendars, ensuring clear visibility of overlapping or dependent releases
Validate pre- and post-deployment environment readiness and smoke test outcomes.
3. Incident & Problem Management (Non-Production)
Perform first-line triage for environment issues reported during or after releases.
Log, prioritize, and coordinate incident resolution with appropriate resolver teams (Infra, DevOps, Vendor).
Lead war rooms or bridge calls for high-severity incidents affecting testing.
Track issues through closure and contribute to Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documentation.
Maintain close alignment with ServiceNow/Jira workflows for incident, change, and problem records.
4. Monitoring, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
Monitor environment health and job statuses using tools like Grafana, Dynatrace.
Track environment KPIs - uptime %, release success rate, defect leakage due to environment issues, recurring incident reduction.
Prepare and publish weekly and monthly dashboards summarizing environment performance, issues, and trends,
Maintain runbooks and playbooks for standard procedures (pre/post deployment validation, connectivity tests, data load checks).
5. Communication & Stakeholder Coordination
Serve as the central coordination point between QA, Dev, Infra, and Vendor teams for environment and release activities.
Communicate environment status, risks, and dependencies clearly in daily standups and readiness meetings.
Support cross-functional collaboration using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Slack/Teams, and ServiceNow.
## Required Skills and Competencies ##
Experience: 5 8 years in Environment Management, Release Coordination, or DevOps support roles.
Preferred Background: Test Environment Management, Application Support, DevOps support.
Proficiency in ITSM tools for tracking SRs, incidents, and changes, and collaboration tools like Jira, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft Teams
Previous experience in BFSI or Investment and Capital Markets domain - Understanding of Front, Middle, and Back Office systems, trade life cycle, and batch dependencies.
Exposure to CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions),Knowledge of batch scheduling tools (Control-M, AWA, Autosys)
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