• Address: Schaumburg, IL 60159 (map)
• Date Posted: 10/28/09
• Job Type: Full-time

Company Teksystems
Position TitleRelease Engineer; QA, Build and Deploy
Job Code1992398
Job Location Schaumburg, Illinois
DescriptionRelease Engineer; QA, Build and Deploy Job Description:

Release Engineer






The release engineer will work closely with the QA team, to define and plan the content of each release, the Development and build teams to understand their requirements for release management (documentation, source control, etc.,) and will work with other IT teams (Technical writers, CM team for Source Control, etc.) to ensure eCommerces release management requirements are met.




The associate in this position has significant responsibility for release management and is expected to work independently with minimal management direction. The role may also include some amount of project management.




Responsibilities


Plan and coordinate Build and release schedules


Create releases in source control and conducting build verification and validation.


Create and communication release documentation.


Participates in build and deployment actives as needed.


Key participant in architecture planning for source control, build management and deployment process.


Participates in problem management and major incident management with other teams as needed.


Creates and maintains process documentation.


Continuously suggest new automated tools and ways to decrease deployment activities.


Partner with the developers, architects and other team members to merge code streams and trouble shoot issues.


Understand business requirements to ensure deliverables are met.


Sense of urgency to communicate issues impacting code release.


Tracking deployment activities and complete daily reports.


Act as the final decision makers on application readiness for production.


Requirements




Education


A bachelors degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent work related experience.


Work Experience/Skills


3-5 years experience in software design, release engineering and deployment.


Minimum 2+ years of Java code development or deployment and/or 2+ years of IBM Rational ClearCase/ Subversion experience in UNIX environment, required


Familiarity with bug tacking tools like JIRA and Clear Quest.


IBM WebSphere,JBOSS application servers and ant/maven Experience is a plus.

Off-Hours Support On Call 24x7 for major releases and major incident management



Required Skills for Release Engineer; QA, Build and Deploy Job:

*RELEASE ENGINEER
* BUILD
* DEPLOYMENTS
* QA
* JAVA
* WEBSPHERE
* UNIX
* IBM WEBSPHERE


About TEKsystems:

Join TEKsystems® and get your career on the fast track. As the leading technology staffing and services firm, we are passionate about deploying high-caliber IT and communications expertise. To satisfy our constant need for expertise, we actively seek talented Technical Professionals with all levels of information technology and communications skills. TEKsystems knows that every professional has different needs, so we'll work together to determine a suitable benefits package. We offer options to our Technical Professionals that could include: a health plan, 401k, provisions for vacation and holiday pay, and technical and professional training. With a foundation as the nation's largest IT staffing firm, we've become a billion-dollar services company by blending superior client service with an unrivaled ability to source and manage talent to precise specifications, resulting in successful technology executions. Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. M/F/D/V


Contact Information

Phillip M Miele Apply Now! Begin by filling out the "Apply Online for this Job" section at the top of the page Need Directions? Get office driving directions with Google Maps pmiele@teksystems.com TEKsystems - Schaumburg, IL 1933 N. Meacham Road

Suite 100

Schaumburg, IL 60173 TEL: (847) 221-1452 FAX: (847) 221-1490