Release Analyst at Haymarket

Brand/Title Description

Job Purpose:

Working within the Internet Operations Team to assist the Release Manager with the build & release process for software development throughout the product lifecycle. Primary job duties will be conducting efficient and reliable releases between the QA, Staging & Production environments.

Essential Functions:

Build & package deployment

• Perform release deployments using manual and automated methods
• Work with Development Teams to ensure builds & packages are constructed correctly
• Work closely with System Manager(s) and DBA(s) to ensure successful releases

Load & vulnerability testing

• Ensure a suitable level of load testing is performed on releases prior to deployment to the Production environment
• Perform vulnerability testing on all new major releases

Documentation and processes

·         Maintain up-to-date documentation

·         Implement and maintain release process & workflow diagrams

·         Provide assistance with design of processes

• Follow change management process

·         Implement best practice approaches, i.e. ITIL

Person Specification

Required Skills:

Technical

• Experience and understanding of deployment concepts
• Experience and understanding in development technologies
• Experience of source control tools, i.e. Subversion/SVN, VSS, Team Foundation
• Experience of automation software / tools

• Exposure to high availability web servers
• Experience and understanding of MS Windows 2003 Server architecture, administration and security
• Extensive experience of MS IIS 6.0 / 7.0 & Apache web server technologies
• Experience of administration MS .NET applications
• Experience and  understanding Linux system administration
• Experience and understanding of load balancing principles
• Understand the concepts of current hardware systems, RAID, SAN, NAS commonly used in fault tolerant production environments
• Good understanding of networking principals
• Good understanding of databases including clusters and replication
• Experience with working in software development lifecycles (SDLC)
• Understanding of best practice approaches, i.e. ITIL, Agile, SCRUM

Non-technical

l  Demonstrable ability to deliver to business requirements

l  Excellent verbal and written communication skills

l  Willing to learn and have the desire to develop personal skill sets

l  Team player – ability to work well with team members and with other teams to deliver solutions

l  A self-starter - ability to work independently but stay focused on delivery to agreed requirements

l  Have a ‘can do’ attitude

l  Eye for detail

Exposure to the following technologies would be beneficial:

• Microsoft SQL Server 2005 / 2008
• MySQL
• Linux / UNIX
• PHP

·         Drupal

·         Virtualisation (Microsoft Virtual Server / VM ware)

Other:

l  Requirement to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for after hours support

l  Occasional travel between London offices

How To Apply

Haymarket is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all areas of the community.

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