IT Project Consultant (Change and release management)

The candidate will define, publish, maintain, and communicate release schedule across all markets in Asia Pacific & Africa Region in coordination with the vendor. He/She will also be responsible for defining the policies and procedures for the release management process and the source control system. This person should have enough functional experience in project management to understand the components of the release and how their technical complexity will affect the release schedule and risk.

Job Scopes

• Manage and drive change & release for in-house software developed and maintained by an outsourcing company.
• Drive the release planning process and come up with best practices for the organization.
• Determine  the readiness of each release based on release criteria (quality of release, production environment readiness, training and support plans, rollout and black-out plans, and risk management plan).
• Work closely with local operation team of each country in Asia Pacific region for planning, managing, and implementing releases from request to successful closure.
• Work closely with develop and maintenance vendor to continuously improve the release processes, communication and delivery of fixed time projects in multiple locations.
• Outstanding organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to drive issues to closure; Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Must be a strong team player but able to work independently within a deadline driven environment.
• Based in Singapore but willing to travel or relocate to other countries in Asia Pacific region.

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent
• Min 2 years of Change and Release Management experience of systems deployed in multi-countries.
• Min 2 years of experience in Finance  Services area
• Experience in software development, solid understanding of full SDLC
• Experience in managing multi countries to support parallel development and QA activities.
• Min 2 years of experience in managing source control systems. This experience must include defining and implementing policies and procedures for check-ins, branching and other activities relate to the source control system and production deployments.
• Must have experience with Microsoft Visual  Source  Safe, and familiar with Team Foundation Server Source Control (TFVC) is a bonus.
• Expert knowledge of source control system versioning and labelling.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Platforms and  Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
• Experience with Multi-Tiered System Operations, including Web, Application and Database Operational Support & Services

Tags: Release Management, SQL, TFVC, Visual Source Safe