Release Manager

Job Description

Eurofins Scientific is the world leader in Food and Pharmaceutical products testing. It is also number one in the world in the field of environmental laboratory services and one of the global market leaders in agroscience, genomics (DNA Sequencing) and central laboratory services. Eurofins is an equal opportunity employer with a very strong fiscal performance Year-on-Year with over 2.5 Billion Euro revenue in 2016. Eurofins has set an ambitious target to double the company revenue to over 4 Billion Euros by 2020. Eurofins records over 30% Y-o-Y growth consistently. For more details, please visit www.eurofins.com About Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd (A CMMI Level 3 Company) is a 100% full owned subsidiary of Eurofins. This young captive centre located in Bangalore was established in 2012 to be the largest IT Solutions group within Eurofins to cater to all the internal IT business needs. The primary focus of IT Solution group will be to develop the next generation LIMS (Lab Information Management system), Customer portals, Ecommerce solutions, ERP/CRM system & B2B platforms for various Eurofins Laboratories and businesses. EITS India is a Young, Dynamic and Growing organization with lot of career growth prospects. We strongly believe that Our people are our assets and we ensure that all our staff are provided with great work environment, good benefits and challenging Global projects to enable a fulfilling career. We are committed to provide enriching experience to our employees. TITLE Release Manager REPORTING TO Head of Department WORKING LOCATION Bangalore Perform release program activities and functions as an expert in Release and Deployment Management, following the established processes and policies. Act as a major liaison between Business stakeholders, Development team, Test team, Infrastructure teams and the other domain-specific resources, for assimilating the information, and to manage the schedules, communication and customer expectations in an appropriate manner. Responsible or/and accountable for Release schedule, preparation of Package & target environments, SOP & deployment instruction(s), smoke testing, rollback (if needed) and communication. Provide early life support to the customers for a limited time period after rolling out to production, in order to ensure smooth transition to the Operations teams for production support. Act as the gatekeeper to the release and deployment process, ensuring consistency in policies and operational procedures, release, testing and production environment validation. Coordinate release and deployment activities to ensure that releases are delivered on time as per the agreed schedule. Anticipate potential issues and proactively take actions to mitigate or even avoid impact on the deployment timelines and quality. Ensure that all the release and deployment related documents are maintained and kept up to date. Work closely with other Release and Deployment Managers and act as a backup when necessary. Provide expertise input for continuous process improvement. Produce reporting to the management about the Release and Deployment activities and KPIs REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND S: Minimum 5 to 8years of professional industry experience and at least 4 years past working experience as a Release and Deployment Manager. Strong understanding of the release and deployment management in software industry. Strong understanding of web-based technology and IT Infrastructure Knowledge of SQL / data query language is a must Knowledge of scripting like Powershell / Javascript is a must Excellent knowledge and experience of CI/CD using Octopus / Jenkins / AzureDevOps and Chef is a must Knowledge of Cloud (MS Azure) will be preferable Agile certifications and/or ITIL V4 Foundation certification is a must. Excellent problem-solving skills and stakeholder management Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication (written & verbal) and management skills.. Qualifications Qualifications: BE Computer Science/MCA or any other Bachelors degree with the right experience. Additional Information Additional Information Personal Qualities: Excellent analytical and problem solving skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills Successful teamwork experience and demonstrated leadership abilities are required Proven ability to transfer knowledge and stay aware of current trends and technical advancements Ability to articulate and present different points-of-views on various technologies