ALTA IT Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of System One, a leading provider of specialized workforce solutions and integrated services. ALTA is an established leader in IT Staffing and Services, for both government and commercial enterprises across the United States, specializing in Program & Project Management, Application Development, Cybersecurity, Data & Advanced Analytics, and Agile Transformation Services.

　　ALTA IT Services is seeking a Sr. Release Manager to join our client on a multi-year contract basis.This role is hybrid in Northern Virginia.

　　Release Manager

　　Long term contract

　　Hybrid in Vienna, VA

　　Overview:

　　Reviews Lower (non-Production) environments and associated activities to ensure compliance with Enterprise standards and the Environments Management Directive, preventing, or documenting and/or remediating any known gaps. Additionally, ensure adequate preparation for implementation of IT Service modifications in the Production environments, in a manner that protects and enhances operational availability. This includes learning client’s Release controls, while operating as a Release Manager, which entails assisting Release Owners manage their lower environments’ work and providing oversight review and approval of their activities, leveraging the candidate’s industry experience and knowledge.

　　Specific Duties:

　　• The engineer will assist in the management of multiple complex environments to ensure continuous systems availability, in support of IT services/products including build, maintenance and testing - throughout the release lifecycle

　　• Participate in projects as an Environments/Release Management resource teaching, supporting, and reviewing designs, plans and execution of associated activities

　　• Lead and participate in Team initiatives

　　• Lead initiatives to help Release teams automate testing – coaching new scripters in best practices, while performing general testing knowledge transfer/management

　　• Coach and mentor junior Release Team Members

　　Requirements

　　• Has 7+ Years of experience working in IT Environments Management for large, complex and mission-critical applications

　　• Has significant understanding of software build and release processes, including associated risks and considerations

　　• Has 3+ Years experience with automate testing, with hands-on experience developing test plans, case and associated scripts; DevOps experience is a plus

　　• Has significant experience working within a team, and independently, performing root cause analysis of incidents

　　• Has working knowledge ServiceNow ITSM

　　• Demonstrates understanding of Lower / non-Production environments in an enterprise environment

　　• Strong understanding of Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including Waterfall, Agile methodologies (Preferably SAFe) and DevOps

　　• Has significant experience with distributed systems architectures, possessing understanding of associated management tools

　　• Experience in the development of medium to highly complexed distributed business applications

　　• Strong understanding of Change & Release Management frameworks and processes

　　• Strong understanding of Risk management and associated frameworks, preferably ISACA COBIT 5 and/or similar frameworks

　　Highly Desired Experience With:

　　• Finance Industry

　　• ITIL concepts, especially Service Transition, with certification

　　• DevOps and/or Agile concepts, with certification

　　• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

　　• Testing, and related automation

　　• Experience with ServiceNow as a power user and/or developer and/or administrator

　　• Cloud computing, with specific understanding of: Azure

　　• Security concepts: access control and authorization

　　• Distributed technology (AIX, Linux, UNIX and Windows): WebSphere, .Net, Lotus Notes, Java, SOA

　　• DBMS: DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, Progress and Teradata

　　• Testing (Unit, Functional, Performance and Stress/Load), including Automation / Scripting

　　• Automation/scripting: Python, Ansible, WSS, BAW, Pega, JavaScript, JAVA, etc.

　　• Collecting and delivering detailed information, with analysis/interpretation, to personnel of varying levels, from engineer through management

　　• Application development

　　Nice to Have Experience With:

　　• IBM Mainframe (z Series) configuration items including data, applications and infrastructure: COBOL, CICS, Assembler, REXX, JCL, FileAid, AbendAid, Strobe and SysView;

　　• Reporting: Crystal Reports and Cognos

　　• WebSphere Engineering and Administration responsibilities

　　• Administering middleware application servers (WebSphere, MQ, IBM BPM, JBoss, .Net, etc.).

　　System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

　　System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.