Senior Release Management Specialist

4 weeks ago


Pretoria, South Africa Professional Sourcing Full time

**Job Overview**:
**Senior Release Management Specialist (Financial Services)**

**Location: Pretoria, Gauteng**

**Position Overview**:
A **leading South African concern in the financial services industry** is seeking to appoint a skilled **Senior Release Management Specialist**.

The main purpose of this position is to **provide technical leadership** and **take responsibility for the implementation process of changes and enhancements into production in a controlled manner** to **ensure a trouble-free go-live**, **minimising the risk of business process or system interruptions** for the firm.

**Key Performance Areas**:

- _Manage and direct the _**_development and maintenance_**_ of the release management framework, procedures and standards and manage the implementation thereof._
- _Take accountability for the _**_final sign-off of an information technology (IT) solution._**:

- _Lead and manage the _**_planning, compilation, and review of the release schedule_**_ to deploy solution changes in a structured manner._
- _Lead and manage the _**_coordination of all releases_**_ (including maintenance of Release Calendar)._
- **_Lead and manage the process maturity_**_ of the release and deployment management process._
- _Drive the _**_collection of evidence_**_ for all the defined Release Management quality gates and compile _**_release packs for Change Advisory Board._**:

- **_Provide consolidated and integrated reports and analytics._**:

- _Manage and maintain a _**_risk register_**_ for the area and ensure mitigating actions are implemented within agreed timelines._
- _Manage and implement _**_corrective actions for audit findings._**:

- _Keep abreast of best practices and development in the field of _**_Application and Integration Security_**_ and ensure continuous improvement._
- _Lead _**_stakeholder engagements_**_ (internal and external)._

**To be considered for this position, one must have**:

- A **completed Bachelor’s degree (NQF7) in Information Technology (IT) **or an equivalent qualification.
- A minimum of** 8 to 10 years’** Release Management **in a complex working environment
- **Serena Dimensions (SDA) knowledge**.
- **ISTQB Foundation Certification**.
- **Test automation skills** (using **UFT** **one** or **Selenium**).
- Knowledge and skill in **The automation of APIs** **and ISO 20022 messages**.



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