Director, Release Engineering

***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 Director, Release Engineering. This director will lead a team focused on change/release management, end to end release process, go-live activities for Agile development plans.

Responsibilities:

• Direct one or more team(s) responsible for the establishment, documentation, and maintenance of Change and Release management processes and procedures
• Be accountable for the end-to-end release process
• Coordinate the scheduling of Change and 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
• Direct the team(s) responsible for the creation and managing of release branches
• Work with development and source code management to understand impacts of branches and code merges
• Be accountable for Go-Live activities including the execution of the deployment Plans
• Direct automation and the development of scripts and automation tools used to continuously improve the release process
• Work with other technical team members to resolve all release related issues
• Direct release review/retrospection meetings, gather feedback and ensure improvements are incorporated for future releases
• Drive and direct 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

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• ITIL Certification
• 10+ years of previous release and/or project management experience, (Solid understanding of project management principles preferred)
• Expert knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methods
• Expert experience working in an Agile environment
• Expert troubleshooting skills
• Willingness to support and execute the current release and deployment model in parallel to developing automation of the processes
• Experience with source control tools such as SVN
• Knowledge of DevOps and automation software such as Harness or similar. Excellent understanding of overall CICD pipelines and implementation.
• Experience with Microsoft Office desktop tools (Word, Excel and Power Point)
• 5+ years of previous Change and Release experience, (solid understanding of SDLC, ITIL and the Change and Release Management cycle)
• Expert knowledge of the ServiceNow platform including the Change and Release modules
• Solid understanding and experience of AWS, cloud computing, middleware and database technologies