Release Manager

Racetrac Petroleum, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

45d

About The Position

The Release Manager is responsible for establishing best-in-class speed-to-market deployment practices while leading teams responsible for small enhancements and maintenance of RaceTrac's applications and/or platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or related field preferred
Minimum 7 years of experience in the IT function
Minimum 3 years of experience managing others/leading a team in an Agile environment
Minimum 3 years of experience building enterprise pipelines for software deployment
Experience in some of the following; API Gateways, Event-Driven Architectures, 3rd Party Loyalty/Marketing solutions, Cloud Computing, Master Data Management, Front-End technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), etc.
Experience with the following technologies preferred: Azure Cloud, Node.js, Java, Active MQ, Redis, Azure Stream Analytics

Nice To Haves

Cloud (Azure, AWS, etc.) and Agile (SAFe, ACP, etc.) certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Owns the SDLC process for a 3rd-party DevOps team and the release management responsibilities for the entire DGX development team
Performs ongoing needs analyses to understand and identify the development of RaceTrac's Digital Channels Development and release practices
Establishes software deployment patterns that provide automated quality, security controls, and cross-team accountability.
Leads a cross-functional group of 3rd-party developers delivering channel experiences and loyalty incentives.
Leads a cross-functional group of 3rd-party developers delivering maintenance upgrades that ensure our technology continues to deliver business value.
Helps establish and sustain agile delivery best practices.
Manages 3rd-Party integration and augmentation partnerships.
Acts as Business Relationship Manager to our Marketing department by providing subject matter expertise, estimations, and delivery timelines.
Facilitates an effective dialogue between business organizations and the Information Solutions team to ensure business needs are addressed in the right channels.
Works closely with QA to establish best practices and ensure effective testing including security, automation, performance, and capacity considerations are addressed in addition to traditional functional QA.
Uses project management methodologies in meetings with internal business partners to determine development needs, scope projects, and resources, and plan for high-quality solutions.
Performs other ad hoc duties as needed.