Release Manager
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- Manage and oversee the entire software release effort to successfully deploy software releases to production throughout the CI/CD pipeline
- Lead software release meetings and oversee system integration team execution to deliver product on schedule
- Obtain solid understanding of software features to plan for current and upcoming releases
- Document release rollout plans/tasks risks and maintain schedule for release rollouts
- Hold regular release tag-ups/scrum and document minutes/actions/status
- Track down action items across program teams to keep the team on schedule
- Generate work tickets for release tasks and assign to team members
- Participate in program increment planning scrum of scrums bug triage and other pertinent meetings
- Coordinate with test team members on release/hotfix testing
- Coordinate release management activities with software development team lead configuration manager and program manager
- Establish release processes perform process improvements and document processes
- Report release status to PMO and Customer as needed
- Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working incoordination/collaborationwith Lead SE and SE team members
- Contribute to establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis problem diagnosis and solution design integration and test preparation risk assessment and mitigation planning and related activities
- Hold Agile ceremony meetings with the software development team
- Assist with resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery
- Assist with identifying and supporting external dependencies where needed
- BS in Engineering Computer Science Systems Engineering or related field with 8 years in software development release management system engineering or related field
- Must have an active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a polygraph security clearance.
- At least 4 years experience working as a software Release Manager Release Train engineer or Agile Product Owner
- Demonstrable experience in release management cycle to include hotfixes defect tracking production operations status Demonstrable knowledge with managing and overseeing entire release reporting
- Demonstrable experience in documenting releases risks and in maintaining the schedule of planned releases and ability to lead software release meetings and oversee release team execution to deliver product on-time
- Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques
- Experience with facilitating scrum for the team (Planning Retrospective Backlog Refinement & Review/Demo)
- Experience with tools for ticketing and documentation (e.g. Gitlab Jira Confluence).
- Knowledge of systems engineering concepts (requirements design etc.) systems engineering processes and applying these concepts to software-intensive systems and release management cadence
- Familiarity with GitFlow development model
- Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous development tools (e.g. Gitlab Jenkins Bamboo)
- Experience with leading technical teams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with testers systems engineers architects software developers management as well as ability to work with multiple teams to release software
- Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python Java and React
- Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing
- Scaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)
- Experience with creating design packages and workflows
About Xcelerate Solutions:
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean VA Xcelerate Solutions () is one of Americas fastest-growing companies. Xcelerates cultureis definedby our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees hasbeen recognizedby our inclusion on the Washington Business Journals 50 Best Places to Work list as well as being a Great Place to Work certified company with a 4.6 star and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color national origin religion age equal pay disability veteran status sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicants or an employees disability.
Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
