Lead and drive the automation opportunities in build, deployment and release arena encompassing various technologies and tools.
Understand the process and technical complexities of performing application builds, deployments and releases.
Improve and extend the existing process to a unattended delivery pipeline (Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery and Continuous Testing)
Support application release by performing pre and post implementation tasks.
Effectively communicate during release conference calls providing factual updates to all stake holders.
Be a key contributor to initiatives that require technical expertise.
Identify process and technical improvement area and propose solutions.
Make presentations to leadership within client and bank organizations.
Foundational Skills
Hands-on experience with Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Reproducibility, Traceability, Concurrent Development strategies.
Analyze and recommends DevOps Tool Chain for CI/CD.
Experience in Building and Releasing software. Strong Jenkins experience
Customize OTS products to establish delivery chain
Experience administering and configuring source control systems, Perforce preferred.
Strong and commanding experience in administering and customizing Clearquest.
Strong Infrastructure (Provisioning, Service Configuration, Orchestration, Monitoring) experience using Chef/Puppet
Demonstrated scripting abilities (Shell scripting, Python, Java, Ant, and Perl is mandatory).
Proven ability to architect and implement systems consisting of an application framework, a relational database data store, and a web front end.
Familiarity with SQL, XML, HTML, CSS.
Strong communication skills (verbal and written) across all organizational levels of technical and non-technical audiences, and the ability to work in a highly collaborative, multi-country/time zone environment.
Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks.
Proactive personality with a proven track record of following through and delivering on responsibilities.
Highly adaptive and working as part of an extended team.
Experience with multi-tiered system operations in high volume transaction environments, including web, application, and database operational support and services
Experience with managing and supporting large-scale high volume environment
Desired Skills
Constantly alert to opportunities for process improvement through different applications of technology, automation, or other tools;
Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced, mixed environment
Thrive on tackling new challenges; your approach is to jump in with both feet and "roll up your sleeves"
Exceptional written, verbal and analytical skills, including the ability to concisely and accurately communicate to program managers, engineers, and senior management.
Must work well within a deadline-driven environment.