title Senior Technical Deployment Manager (DevSecOps)

Job title : Senior Technical Deployment Manager (DevSecOps) -R

Location : Austin TX

Duration : 12Months

Client : Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

Environment Management Team - Deployment Manager

HHSC Social Services Applications division is seeking a Senior Technical Deployment Manager (DM) to :

• Oversee the deployment and validation of SSA application releases and system enhancements to production.
• Oversee the troubleshooting of environment issues encountered during development in the dev / test environments.
• Plan and coordinate with multiple internal I / T organizations trading partners vendors and consultants on an ongoing basis.
• Work closely with the business and I / T management for environment demand planning and driving I / T and operation resources for timely delivery of application environments - including new environment standups and frequent refactoring and reconfiguration of existing environments through manual and automated processes (Code DB Configuration Security and Platform updates).
• Lead projects and IT sprints for improving environment delivery process through automation and standardization.
• Utilize Agile development or provide direction that meets SSA goals and objectives by participating in backlog grooming & user story development and work together with other teams in support of application enhancements planned to support new programs & business requests and to enhance quality scalability & stability of the applications
• Lead and triage troubleshooting sessions involving subject matter experts from different I / T areas for the purpose of restoring functionality and isolating and root causing issues.

Hands on experience with monitoring and APM tools such as Splunk Dynatrace is highly preferred.

Environment triage support responsibility includes both workday and night / weekend on-call support for all development test training and production environments.

This service helps maintain high availability for developers testers trainers and production end users.

It includes both workday and night / weekend on-call support as required to maintain high availability of the applications for various users.

This position works under minimal direction with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions :

Coordinate software deployments with application development teams DevOps engineers testers TIERS Ops & Security and our business stakeholders to plan and coordinate environment setup and configuration. (20%)

process. (10%)

Knowledge Skills Abilities :

In-depth knowledge of Agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum Kanban XP including sprint related activities such as User Stories development Continuous Integration ATDD TDD Continuous Testing Pairing Automated Testing Estimation.

Ability to supervise staff.

Ability to assign and prioritize work.

Communication skills both written and oral to effectively communicate technical and business needs across different organizational levels (including but not limited to : executive management software development testing and technical staff).

Possesses skills to effectively coach sprint teams on Agile methodology.

In-depth knowledge of software development processes procedures and standards.

Ability to make sound decisions resulting in delivery of software products on time and defect free.

Critical thinking abilities to identify and solve problems understand and analyze burndown charts team velocity and other required metrics.

Possesses conflict resolution skills and focuses on scrum values of openness honesty and respect.

Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring coaching collaborating and team building

Strong analytical planning and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.

Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools :

AGILE Project Management tools such as Jira Rally VersionOne or equivalent.

Microsoft Project Visio and all Office Tools.

Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level.

Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the big picture view.

Registration or Licensure Requirements :

Initial Selection Criteria :

Technical background / skills

The Candidate(s) may be required to work outside the normal business hours on weekends evenings and holidays as requested. Payment for work over 40 hours will be at the hourly rate quoted and must be coordinated and pre-approved through Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Requirements :

Candidates that do not meet or exceed theminimumstated requirements (skills / experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required / Preferred

Experience

Required

Proven ability to analyze and resolve complex issues

Required

Supporting and training end users on all levels.

Required

Hands-on experience with Continuous Integration Delivery models

Preferred

Hands-on experience with large development projects using Agile methodology

Required Skills :

CONTINUOUS INTEGRATIONMICROSOFT PROJECTSPLUNKTESTINGJIRAMIDDLEWAREAGILEKANBAN

Key Skills

Project Management Methodology,Program Management,SOAP,Agile,Oracle EBS,Apache Pig,Adobe Experience Manager,Jira,Release Management,Scrum,SAS,SDLC

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1