Avance Consulting · 1 day ago
Change or release Management Consultant
Dallas, TX
Contract
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expAvance Consulting is seeking a Change or Release Management Consultant to enhance their change management processes. The role involves developing schedules for change restrictions, leading the Change Control Board meetings, and collaborating with engineering teams to maintain release metrics.
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Hiring Manager
Ravula sai kuruma
Responsibilities
Develops and manages detailed schedules for change restrictions for applications hosted on platforms such as Java, Node.js, MuleSoft, Azure etc. to ensure minimal service disruptions and defects
Lead the Change Control Board meeting to facilitate the approval process for changes, including obtaining necessary authorizations from leadership and ensuring technical alignment with deployment strategies like blue-green & canary deployments
Prepares comprehensive summaries for leadership to enhance decision-making and strategic planning, using data-driven insights using JIRA, confluence & SharePoint
Analyzes and clarifies release scope to ensure alignment with project goals and technical requirements, including understanding feature flag dependencies, product launches, change restriction periods etc
Coordinates approval processes, leveraging technical and operational insights to validate release readiness and deployment strategy
Collaborates with engineering teams to design and maintain robust release metric dashboards, utilizing tools and platforms such as PowerBi, ServiceNow and other internal change control tools
Utilizes data visualization tools to provide real-time insights into release stability and performance metrics, ensuring continuous monitoring and improvement
Works closely with release and product managers to develop and maintain accurate release calendars, incorporating automated scheduling and notification systems
Ensures the integrity and accessibility of release data for team reviews and audits, using cloud storage solutions and version control systems
Acts as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on release scheduling, freeze periods, and performance metrics, with a good understanding of high-level system flow
Provides technical guidance and expertise in these areas to support engineering and operational teams, ensuring best practices and standards are met
Leads the assessment and implementation of industry best practices in change management, including automated deployment strategies and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
Focuses on process automation to enhance efficiency and reduce manual intervention, using tools such as Jenkins, Code Cloud etc
Serves as an advocate for change management, promoting awareness and understanding of deployment processes across the organization, with a focus on technical excellence and reliability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field preferred
3+ years of change and/or release management experience with proven track record of managing all aspects of software releases throughout their lifecycle
Experience within high tech, software and/or wireless/telecom industry highly desired
Solid technical background with understanding and/or experience in software development, web technologies, release management, metrics dashboards and customer communications such as email, SMS and push notifications
Strong analytical skills and the ability to convert release data into summaries that foster understanding and reduce outages
Experience working within scaled agile development teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear manner to peers, developers, and senior leaders
Technical skills include: Atlassian-Jira and Confluence, SharePoint, Excel, Microsoft Lists, Scaled Agile Framework, full stack web design, application design and architecture
PMO certification and/or Project Management background
Experience in a retail or consumer organization
Company
Avance Consulting
Staffing, Staffing Agency, Recruitment
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Pravin Dudhe
Co-Founder & CEO
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Amit Kumar
President & Co-Founder
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