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Job Title: Release Manager
Clearance required: SC is required - Must hold SC
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford: If local to Telford, requirement will be 2 days per week on site.
If not local, expectation will be to attend once/twice a month.
Release Manager
Purpose:
The Release Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and overseeing the deployment of software releases across multiple environments.
This includes managing release schedules, ensuring configuration integrity, and supporting testing and validation processes.
The role demands strong technical expertise in SAS technologies and Oracle, as well as a deep understanding of configuration management and the software testing lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and manage the end-to-end release process across development, test, and production environments.
Coordinate with development, testing, and operations teams to ensure timely and quality releases.
Maintain and enforce configuration management standards using manifest files and structured release artefacts.
Oversee packaging and deployment of SAS DI code (SPKs) and Oracle artefacts (clear-text files).
Support migration activities, particularly from SAS 9.4 to SAS Viya 4, using CI/CD practices and Capgemini accelerators.
Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions, and post-release retrospectives.
Ensure traceability and auditability of all release components and decisions.
Required Skills & Experience:
Technical Skills:
SAS Enterprise Guide (EG) – experience in job orchestration and user migration support.
SAS Data Integration (DI) – packaging and deployment of DI jobs using manifest structures.
SAS Management Console – Used for promotion & Management of code.
SAS Studio – job development and deployment.
SAS Viya 3.5 / Viya 4 – hands-on experience with modernised SAS platforms and migration strategies.
SAS Visual Analytics (VA) and SAS Visual Investigator (VI) – familiarity with reporting and investigation tools.
Oracle – working knowledge of Oracle databases, particularly in data staging and decisioning workflows
Process Knowledge:
Configuration Management – experience managing artefact groupings, dependencies, and release hierarchies
Testing Lifecycle – understanding of test strategy, planning, execution, and defect management within release cycles.
Soft Skills:
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
Methodical and detail-oriented approach to planning and execution.
Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.
Desirable Qualifications:
Experience in public sector environments.
Familiarity with DevOps practices and cloud-hosted platforms (AWS, Azure, SAS PaaS).
Knowledge of scheduling tools - Airflow
Exposure to SAS Migration Factory Delivery Models.
The successful candidate will also need to be SC Vetted.
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.
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