Job summary:


Title:
Java Release Lead

Location:
Raleigh, NC, United States

Length and terms:
Long term - W2 or C2C


Position created on 08/18/2020 06:05 pm

Job description:


Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project; initial PO for 1 year, expect to go for 4+ years *** Remote during covid then onsite; Local to NC only

This position will serve as the Senior Release Lead responsible for provide hands-on technical leadership to the release team for the entire release management lifecycle across the enterprise for multiple applications as well as recommend release process improvements alternatives. Release tasks may be inclusive of application and platform updates for the development, test, and production environments. 

 This position will work collaboratively with software developers and testers as they set up their builds for dev/test/prod environments, assist in preparing release details, maintaining the release schedule for all core services and ensures alignment across all stakeholders. This position will be responsible for performing tasks associated with the build and deploy processes for the NCFAST application by preparing and executing build scripts and troubleshooting build related issues for the program utilizing Curam software tools and procedures as well as other tools and utilities.

 The position will work with IT management in tracking and monitoring the progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time and provide leadership to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuous build, deploy of application changes. This position will interact with the architects, developers, Operations and Maintenance Team and Database Administrators to ensure proper environment functionality and performance. 

 

 

Required Skills

  • 10 years experience
  • Thorough knowledge/experience with SDLC processes (Agile - Scrum, Kanban)
  • Hands on experience with CI/CD (DevOps)
  • Experience in configuring and administering Source Code Management tools like SVN and Bitbucket
  • Understanding and experience with branching, merging & tagging processes.
  • Knowledge and experience in J2EE-specific application hosting, application tracing/debugging, and application deployment.
  • Knowledge and experience with J2EE application building/deployment techniques and tools including, but not limited to Ant, Maven, Ivy etc.
  • Experience with large application release and deployment planning and strategy.
  • Strong troubleshooting experience and skills with Java development, build processes, application stack traces.
  • Experience with tools for logging (SPLUNK), effort management (Jira), and code build agents (TeamCity/Jenkins).
  • Strong Oracle SQL skills
  • Application Workspace setup using IBM Eclipse IDE
  • Knowledge with continuous integration / continuous delivery (DevOps)
  • Knowledge of IBM Curam a plus
  • Experience in Configuration Management as per industry standards and best practices.
  • Good communication and presentation skills to various levels of peers and management

Desired Skills

  • Public sector experience, local

Contact the recruiter working on this position:



The recruiter working on this position is Rajendra Reddy
His/her contact number is +(1) (202) 4706751
His/her contact email is rajr@msysinc.com

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