Build Release Engineer-San Francisco, CA

Please send resumes to mshyam@idexcel.com

 

Position:           Build Release Engineer

Location:          San Francisco, CA

Duration:           6+ Months

Local resource preferred

 

Qualifications:

Release Engineer: Define, develop, maintain, improve & distribute the configuration management processes and procedures. Manage all changes to configuration items and environments that are "in a state of change" and identify the risk of cross-impacts & identify all affected applications. Work in source code version control system, and conduct version control, branching, merging, labeling for multiple release versions of multiple applications. Monitor and perform software builds, releases and distribution to test and production environments Administer SCM and quality measurement tools used throughout the development lifecycle.

 

Requirements: Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Information Science/Systems or related field of study and five years of progressive experience in the job offered or related position.  All of the experience must include implementing parallel development for multiple releases using streams, branching, merging, and labeling; utilizing software configuration management (SCM) processes and related operating environments to identify and maintain functional and physical attributes of systems with its design and operational requirements; and working with the following technologies, systems and scripting languages in connection with configuration management and build/release management:  Subversion, Maven, Ant, Hudson/Jenkins, Perl, Python/Jython, Atlassian Jira, Mingle.  Experience with web technologies: Java, .Net, Websphere, IBM Message Broker, Windows and SQL Server.  Experience with Informatica a plus.  Hands on experience implementing and managing continuous integration environments with web technologies using Agile methods. 

 

Competency                                                                 Required

 

Build experience                                                            Yes

Release experience                                                       Yes

Subversion                                                                   Yes

ANT                                                                              Yes

Maven                                                                          Yes

Hudson/Jenkins                                                             Yes

Branching & merging                                                     Yes

Strong communications                                                 Yes

Able to identify & proactively mitigate risks                    Yes

Self-directed/able to work with little oversight                  Yes

Experience in fast-paced environment                            Yes

Atlassian Jira, Mingle                                                     Preferred

Automation/scripting                                                     Preferred

Web technologies                                                         Preferred (req'd for web roles)

Informatica                                                                    Preferred (strongly desired for Facets roles)