QA Release Manager

From a birds-eye view, you will spend most of your time planning, tracking release, deployment, communication, and risk management. Below are some details.

Job Description:

• You will be responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves the stages such as scheduling the release, coordinating between teams, and deployment of release as per the schedule and within budget.

• As a QA Release Manager, you will have to release the software after completing the testing stage and deployment stage, and work closely with the application development team, testing team, and production team. You will have to maintain proper coordination between these teams to update the project related information.

• You need to define the strategic usage of release management tools to manage the revenue for the release.

• Overall, you will be concerned with planning, testing, tracking, release, deployment, communication, and risk management.

Responsibillities:

• Plan the release of project deliverables and release life cycle.
• Communicate the project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams.
• Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates.
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and quality of the release is not affected.
• Track the progress and find issues, if any. Always work to improve the process of release.
• Make sure that the release is planned, according to the requirements and budget.
• Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
• Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities
• Support the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
• Schedule the CAB meetings to discuss the release schedules with the team and find roadblocks, if any.
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.
• Make improvements in the methodologies used for configuration management and development of software that helps to find ways to use in configuration management.

Requirement and skills:

• Project management experience
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD/CI) pipelines
• Experience in working with DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Working knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle
• Expertise in computer programming
• Knowledge of traditional agile methodologies, including Scrum, Waterfall, or Kanban
• Good understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating system

Conditions:

• Work in a large, dynamically developing bank
• Opportunity for professional development and career growth
• Office located in the city center
• Employment in accordance with the legislation of Uzbekistan
• Work schedule: 5/2, 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM