Technical Release Manager

Technical Release Manager needed to join our team on a contract basis, here at VML Enterprise Solutions., An experienced Release Manager with proven experience of DevOps related release management, who leads teams to follow best practices in development standards and coding reviews. You have an enthusiasm for learning new skills and initiative to deliver the best outcomes for our clients. You will be primarily responsible the management and protection of releases through, where appropriate, Build/Develop, QA, UAT, Pre-Prod and Production environments for Salesforce Commerce Cloud. What you'll be doing:

• Negotiating, planning, and managing all release activities.
• Analysing risks and resolving issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality.
• Working cohesively with external partners, suppliers, and product owners.
• Develop common strategies for release governance across multiple systems
• Communicate release details and schedules to the Business as required.
• Act as guardian to uphold the integrity of the branching strategy and ensure processes are optimised to enable frequent and smooth releases
• Triage defects, identify root causes and work with the development teams on the appropriate fixes
• Know and understand impacts of branches and code merges in the repositories used by the dev teams.
• Work with third party managed-hosting providers to increase automated processes end-to-end
• Coach and help automate release processes.
• Inform senior management of enterprise-wide exposure to release risk and effectively mitigate it
• Create, track, and maintain a published release and deployment calendar.
• Know the tech stack of the development process so you can participate and discuss with the development teams the challenges of the full delivery workflow.
• A core background in eCommerce technologies is a must.
• Maintain release documentation and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.
• Work with Infrastructure teams to improve a process, pass awareness of potential problems risks and oversee that the process is fit for the Release process needs.
• Work closely with Project Management to ensure the efficiency of the delivery of Programmes and Projects (Control, Plan, Measure, Predict and React).
• Work with Service Management in the Post-Mortem analysis and improvements identification.
• Understand Infrastructure where applications will be deployedand the different technologies that can be involved in a complex E-commerce environment. This way you should build bridges between the product delivered and Infrastructure that supports it
  
  Experience in DevOps related release management including implementing and managing the release management life cycle
• Ability to analyse pipeline issues, through log analysis to identify corrective actions.
• Experience in software development, preferably on web (E-commerce) sites.
• Experience in defect triage through code and log analysis, leading to identification of the root cause.
• Knowledge in software build, repository, and maintenance tools like Jenkins, Bitbucket or any other automation build and deployment tools.
• Experience working in agile environments with SCRUM methodologies.
• Passionate about delivering quality software and defending the customer/end-user perspective.
• Good communication skills and teamwork believer.
• Strong time management & organisational skills.
• Interested in automating things.
• You like to learn and investigate new technologies that the company is working with or will work in the future.
• Experience in Continuous Integration, Delivery, Deploy methodologies.
• Excellent negotiation skills and an ability to handle sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
  
  Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.
Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:
• Connect Meaningfully
• Inspire Creatively
• Include Purposefully
• Approach Positively
Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That's why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday. AT VML Enterprise Solutions Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world's leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands. We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We've built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business. As our business grows internationally, we're looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client's successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.