Release Management Analyst Senior ( 7 to 12 Years) - Pune & Bangalore

Are you curious, self-motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team 

It’s an amazing opportunity to join a talented team of functional and technical folks doing interesting work at the world’s largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions!

Release management has become an integral part of software delivery and IT service management as well as a crucial aspect of continuous delivery.

What you will be doing -

• A Release Manager should stay on top of the release management lifecycle including scheduling and coordinating releases across the company for multiple applications.
• He/she will usually be focused on the bigger picture and views the software development and release processes in relation to the overall business objectives.
• Whenever necessary, he/she will provide the tools and services needed to help product teams manage and deploy code into production.
• Scheduling, managing and coordinating releases across multiple applications within various portfolios across different teams and projects.
• Constructing a release calendar for the different projects to have a centralized view of all releases.
• Manage and mitigate risks and resolve issues regarding release quality and schedule.
• Continuously monitor projects and provide reports about their progress.
• Ensuring all team members are adhering to engineering best practices as well as enforcing DevOps policies.
• Monitoring the release process and collecting feedback from the different teams as well as customers for review.
• Making improvements on a regular basis to the release process.
• Scheduling, managing and coordinating releases across multiple applications within various portfolios across different teams and projects.
• Constructing a release calendar for the different projects to have a centralized view of all releases.
• Manage and mitigate risks and resolve issues regarding release quality and schedule.
• Continuously monitor projects and provide reports about their progress.
• Ensuring all team members are adhering to engineering best practices as well as enforcing DevOps policies.
• Monitoring the release process and collecting feedback from the different teams as well as customers for review.
• Making improvements on a regular basis to the release process.

 What you bring: 

Knowledge / Experience

• The Release Manager, then, will need to work across different teams involved in the software development processes and will provide support to developers as they set up test environments.
• He/she will also need to work with the IT team in order to enhance software engineering practices and work closely with project or portfolio managers.
• The release manager will usually have a background in computer science or a related field with advanced knowledge of the software development lifecycle. This manager may also have a project management background.
• Furthermore, he/she will need to have some technical skills with thorough knowledge of feature toggles, branch handling, continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• He/she will use these technical skills to solve any issues that arise; hence, he/she will need to be in possession of interpersonal skills and problem-solving abilities to resolve any cross-functional team issues.
• He/she will also need to define and implement the best practices and methodologies depending on the project requirements.
• Such a role is considered to be highly challenging as these managers are involved in various aspects of the release process including monitoring, testing, communicating across teams and deploying and so he/she should be able to work under pressure.
• Additionally, he/she will need to have a clear understanding of business needs and their priorities. They will also align software development with organizational goals, acting as an intermediary between tech and business teams, in order to effectively schedule builds and testing as well as create release plans.

Required tool –

• The following are some common tools that Release Managers may need to be familiar with: 
• Jenkins- popular tool for continuous integration but it can also be used for release management.
• Ansible- this is an open source configuration management and application deployment tool intended for IT professionals.
• Chef- another configuration management tool which enables continuous automation across all IT processes.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, computer science or other related discipline or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.

Competencies

• Fluent in English.
• Excellent communicator – ability to discuss technical and commercial solutions to internal and external parties and adapt depending on the technical or business focus of the discussion.
• Attention to detail – track record of authoring high quality documentation.
• Organized approach – manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements.
• Self-starter but team mindset - work autonomously and as part of a global team.

What we offer you 

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!
• A competitive salary and benefits
• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities.

With a 50-year history rooted in the financial services industry, FIS™ is the world's largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions.  We champion clients from banking to capital markets, retail to corporate and everything touched by financial services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, our 53,000 worldwide employees help serve more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries. Our technology powers billions of transactions annually that move over $9 trillion around the globe.  FIS is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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