Release manager

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services to mobile and fixed network operators globally. We are looking for Release Manager

Duties and responsibilities

• Managing, planning, and negotiating releases and major configuration activities
• Managing the development of deliverables into production
• Distributing and prioritizing CRs delivery across different releases
• Preparing and communicating release and configuration plans to various stakeholders
• Aligning release schedules with all relevant stakeholders
• Coordinating releases deployment
• Measuring progress of software releases against time, quality and budget targets
• Managing multiple release branches including merges of changes between branches
• Conducting release readiness and milestone reviews
• Automating release management activities through automation tools and scripts, which coversbuilding, integrating and deploying of software releases
• Planning release windows and cycles across different solution components
• Ensuring that releases are properly tested before placed into production
• Managing releases lifecycles across multiple production and non-production environments
• Ensuring that releases operate as per expectations
• Validating release notes
• Managing risks and resolving challenges that impact release scope, quality, and schedules
• Managing complex application development projects
• In cooperation with Operations team improving stability and performance of applications
• Supporting the ADM Manager in E2E delivery of new solutions: new applications and modules for existing applications
• Supporting the ADM Manager in Software development lifecycle management: analysis, design, development, testing
• Support the ADM Manager in E2E Test plan and overall coordination of test execution

Skills

• 3+ years of experience in software delivery
• Strong experience in Release and Configuration Еngineer for Software Delivery
• Telco environments understanding and experience is mandatory
• Experience with waterfall (e.g. PMI) and agile (e.g. SCRUM) delivery frameworks
• Customer orientation with excellent understanding of service providers business
• Sense of urgency and quality as key targets in delivery
• Awareness of CMMI, Six Sigma, DevOps, CI/CD Processes

,• Strong background in managing/effecting change;

• Strong communication skills
• IT Managed Services and ADM Delivery exposure at mid management level
• Experience with common Config and Release Management Tools like IBM Rational Suite (RTC, Udeploy etc. ), Jenkins, Ansible, etc.
• Ability to execute at scale in a dynamic environment
• Ability to build effective collaboration within delivery teams
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Education

• University degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science or equivalent experience in a related discipline

Working Hours

• Business Hours - Monday -Friday• Available on-call/shift to manage Business Priorities