Position: Release Engineer
Location: Boston, MA Area
Base + Bonus + Retirement - Excellent total package
Local Candidates Only

Company:
Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company - Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package -
Bonus
Position Responsibilities - Summary:
The Release Team works to implement change throughout the organization. The
Release Team is a key participant in the software development life cycle
(SDLC). The Release team builds and packages software for delivery and is
responsible for software migration through multiple company environments.
The release team works with development on best practices and enforces
standards operating procedures based on company change management best
practices to protect the live environment.

The Release Engineer works under the guidance of the Release Manager.
Release Engineer is responsible for software builds, installation
procedures, and releases standards. Release Engineer is responsible for
source code control and change tracking systems and works closely with a
quality assurance team to ensure final version is up to organizational
standards while relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish
goals. This position may lead and direct the work of others.

Position Responsibilities - Detailed:
- Implement and maintain the Change Management infrastructure
including license management, tool/environment troubleshooting, upgrades,
migrations, and disaster recovery
- Design and implement improvements to Change Management practices
such as automation (e.g. triggers for code review), integration with other
development tools such as defect tracking or IDE software
- Perform and troubleshoot software builds. Improve and streamline
build and build processes using change and build management tools and edits
to related XML and parameters files
- Track and package all components of the software release that
comprise a full working system as the end product. These items may include
build deliverables (code), data, data structure, content, software
configuration files and instructions, etc. And work with a BA or Project
Manager to collate this information to create a comprehensive set of Release
Notes (AKA Roll-out Plan / Back-out Plan)
- Deploy the release to pre-release and staging environments using
the preliminary release notes. Refine and test the deployment continuously
through the promotion and roll-back of environments as needed
- Create and maintain documentation on processes, procedures, and
policies related to above tasks. Ensure that documentation is current and
comprehensive
- Work collaboratively with Developers and advise the Manager of
Release Management on improvements and efficiencies

Required Skills and Competencies:
Mandatory Requirements:
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related area and 5-8+ years of
experience in the field
- Familiar with a variety of the Release Management concepts,
practices, and procedures
- Knowledge of the financial industry (capital markets/investment
management) is required
- Experience with SQL Server 2000/2005, TSQL, DTS, SSIS, and stored
procedures
- Experience with scripting languages
- Experience with automation techniques
- Experience with automated build and delivery tools
- Solid understanding of operating systems (Windows 2003, Linux)

Preferred Requirements:
- 8-10+ years of total IT experience
- Certification in Change Management practices (ITIL, etc)
- Team Foundation Server and Visual Source Safe experience
- ANT / NANT, MSBuild, and TFSBuild experience
- .NET and JAVA experience
- Experience with off-shore resources
- Experience in development
- Experience writing comprehensive and descriptive documentation
- Experience with user management /security administration systems
such as Active Directory

Candidate Characteristics:
- Ability to provide a professional interface to internal and
external customers and vendors
- Ability to work effectively as individual contributor and as part
of a larger IT team
- Ability to perform self and team project management (prior
technical leadership roles)
- Ability to be an effective leader and take imitative when
required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills,
- Excellent attention to detail, strong organizational skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to scope projects, create project plans, and manage
deliverables & deadlines

Compensation:
Competitive Base Salary + Bonus + Retirement - Excellent total package -
Comprehensive Benefits Package
No Sponsorship Available - US Based Applicants Only - No Relocation
Available - Local Candidates only

Contact Information:
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email  - replywrightassociates AT verizon.net
Website - www.wrightassociates.org