APS5 Junior Release Manager

Our client is a federal government organisation with offices throughout Australia. Due to growth, they are seeking an APS5 Junior Release Manager to join the team in their Richmond or Geelong office.

This will be a 12-month initial contract with a further 12-month extension, 37.5-hour week and subject to negotiations with the line manager, hybrid working arrangements in line with current client policy are available (minimum of 3 days each week in the office, with flexible arrangements in place for the remaining 2 days).
Expected pay rate is dependent on candidate experience and expectations.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Assist in the execution of the Release Management processes inclusive of scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the OCIO for multiple applications across various portfolios, i.e. Salesforce, MuleSoft, EDW, SAP, APIC, Environments, Data. Releases may be inclusive of Projects and Programs, application changes, operating system patches, security improvements, and hardware upgrades.
• Assist in the coordination of recurring review and refinement of release content based on the prioritised business and non-functional backlogs, service requests, third party applications, or operating system/environment updates.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of the Release schedule, balancing technical dependencies and business requirements, compliance and other priorities.
• Assist in the Release Readiness reviews, Milestone Reviews, and Business Go/No-Go reviews.
• Assist in the coordination of the production of Release, Deployment, Run Books and Implementation Plans.
• Work with release engineers to understand impacts of branches and code merges.
• Produce regular Release Reporting and represent the Release program and status in OCIO ICT Change Management activities and release planning.
• Ensure all OCIO ICT Change Processes are followed including Cyber assessments, Penetration testing, Go/No-Go gates.
• Attend daily stand ups to review and discuss improvements.
• Assist senior team leaders in any ad hoc activities to maintain best practice.

To apply for this opportunity, you will need as following level of experience:

• At least 1 to 2 years’ experience working in a Release Management processes in an enterprise business system context.
• Working knowledge of the SDLC, DevOps and CI/CD, with proven experience of release management tools like JIRA, Confluence and Agile Methodologies.
• Experience managing release-related interdependencies, ensuring adherence to key governance processes and milestone management, and maintaining the integrity of releases.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and verbal, along with good collaboration, time management and negotiation skillset
• Advanced communication skills, both written and verbal, along with good collaboration, time management and negotiation skillset
• Relevant tertiary qualifications; and an industry recognised qualification in project management, such as Diploma of Project Management; or SAFe Agile.
• Release and/or Project Management experience in Federal or State Government environments.
• Comfortable with new ways of thinking about accessibility and enthusiastic about accessible design & development will be highly regarded.
• Understanding of the Solution Delivery Lifecycle and relationship to Change Management & Release Management.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and implementing mitigation strategies to protect against potential security threats

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Please contact Samuel Beckett on Samuel.beckett@talentinternational.com for further information.

Shortlisted will be contacted and applicants will be required to address and complete the above Selection Criteria and clear national police and federal background checks. As part of the eligibility and suitability requirement, the client seeks Labour Hire Workers who will be required to furnish valid evidence of Australian citizenship during the Pre-engagement Check.