Release Analyst

The Release Analyst is responsible for scheduling, planning, and controlling the software deployments.  You will also be responsible for the Release Management lifecycle that involves the stages such as scheduling the release, coordinating between teams, and deployment of release as per the schedule.

Other responsibilities include:

• Business approvals, resourcing the deployment.
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage it.
• Always work to improve the process of release.
• Schedule the release readiness reviews before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
• Create plans for the implementation and deployment as per the release schedule.
• Plan and give daily updates on the release activities.
• Make sure the allocation of Release Engineers to every release.
• Communicate & escalate to release manager.
• Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully.
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.
• Assisting developers on release process & documentation requirements.
• Manage multiple releases to multiple environments.
• Change management skills like raising changes in Service Now, representing technical changes in the CAB.
• Environment management skills like blocking the environment for your releases, coordinating with teams using the environment etc.
• Tools – JIRA, Confluence, Service Now.
• Out of hours releases to be supported (Typically biweekly)

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Azure devops, EBS, Appdynamics, Jenkins, code merge & deploy.

Feedback and Interviews

CVs will be reviewed as soon as we can and interviews will be in early January.

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.  We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including bank holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here.

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