Toronto, ON, CA
31 days ago
Technical Release Manager
Position Description:

This role is hybrid and requires you to be in our Toronto office 2- 3 times per week - subject to change at any time.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Project/Process Management

- Create and track project plans mainly for delivery activities. Create work breakdown structure for development team activities, assign & track tasks daily, proactively identity and resolve impediments impacting development team.
- You will be the voice of development team in most of the project forums.
- Provide weekly delivery status in multiple forums as required.
- Manage and track project documentation as per Enterprise Delivery Framework requirements. Ensure team is compliant with enterprise requirements.
- You have excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with ability to build and foster relationships with business users, project stakeholders, and external vendors.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

A) Technical Skills

- Must have 5+ years of experience in software development, understanding of full stack technologies like React/Angular/JavaScript/Java/Oracle/Sql Server.
- You have technical knowledge on Rest APIs, databases, system integrations (SSO, SSL, JWT Authentication, Message Streaming, etc.).
- Must have some experience working with cloud-based applications, awareness of public cloud offerings like Microsoft Azure.
- Must have good understanding of software release process (GIT workflows, environments, binary repositories, DevOps CI/CD pipelines, container-based applications).
- Good working knowledge of currency & infrastructure projects i.e., linux upgrades, server refreshes, database upgrades, etc.

B) Release Management

- Develop and maintain portfolio release roadmaps, dependencies, timelines.
- Proactively identify dependencies/conflicts and come up mitigation strategies to streamline the release process.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams (QA, business, operations, support, vendors) to track the release schedules, scope, deployments, defects.
- Experience in managing deployments of vendor applications, tracking milestones/delivery timelines as per vendor contractual agreements.
- Create and update the project operational documents as part of the handover to operations team before production deployments.
- Good understanding of Service Now workflow to create deployment change records.
- Hands on experience with confluence and JIRA tools.
- Experience in handling business communications for requirement clarifications, change requests, production incidents (post go-live).

Skills: Azure DevOpsJ2EEProject ManagementRelease ManagementBanking What you can expect from us:

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we recognize the richness that diversity brings. We strive to create a work culture where all belong and collaborate with clients in building more inclusive communities. As an equal-opportunity employer, we want to empower all our members to succeed and grow. If you require an accommodation at any point during the recruitment process, please let us know. We will be happy to assist.

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