IT Help Wanted: [itroundtable] LEAD: Chg Control Rel Coor - NYC

Thursday, April 25, 2013

[itroundtable] LEAD: Chg Control Rel Coor - NYC - Long term gig

My name is Casey McLeod; I am a technical recruiter with Software Guidance. I recently came across your resume online and I wanted to find out more about your current work situation. Please forward me a Word version of your resume and let me know when the best time to reach you would be (please provide contact details). In particular, I thought you might be a good fit for this position:

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Change Control/ Release Coordinator for a long term contract assignment with one of our premier financial industry clients in Lower Manhattan, NYC. This position is responsible for management of the environment planning function to support release management and testing.   Core responsibilities of the individual include environment planning for release testing (QA/UAT), environment issue escalation and support, environment availability reporting and production deployment planning and execution.
Responsibilities:

Adhere to established processes to ensure timely and successful production deployments.

Help define new best practices in change & release management policies and procedures

Structure appropriate releases/schedules

Lead Implementation planning meetings prior to deployment

Engage and schedule functional resources in support of deployment and implementation verification

Acquire final approvals from QA and the LOB for application deployments

Responsible for Dev, QA, UAT, DR, Prod, and other client-facing environments as well as project deploys and infrastructure upgrades, when necessary

Ensure that all applicable environment issues are resolved in advance of production implementation

Execute deployment according to implementation plan

Coordinate overall deployment plan

Track deployment activities as they occur using implementation plan

Required Skills:

Release Management / Change Control experience

Project Coordination experience

Experience not just executing the release management process but defining it across a large-scale organization.

Experience with Java, Websphere and .net Environments

Windows and Linux Operating Systems

A strong troubleshooting technical background is required.

MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Must be a self-starter, flexible, self-directed and extremely detail-oriented

Financial services experience is highly desired.

If you feel you are qualified and are currently available, please forward me a Word version of your resume.

Casey McLeod

SGA – Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc.

200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591

Direct:    (914) 366-5917

Office:    (914) 366-5900

Fax:       (914) 206-4204

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