Job Description
Only USC/GC/GC-EAD
CVS Healthcare
Release Manager/Engineer 100% Onsite in Scottsdale, AZ from day 1. 6+ Month Contract Phone then Video $50-52/hr on C2C Job Description: The "Release Manager/Engineer" will play a vital role in continually enhancing the company's customer facing Digital experiences by leading/managing release activities and continually identifying & implementing software engineering process/associated practice's improvements. The organizational complexity of a release is much more than the sum of its technical parts. Distributed releases are portfolio-wide events, where multiple groups have to coordinate; these problems are far more challenging than technical problems, and hence need arises for this position to assess risk, evaluate timelines, consider contingency plans, ensure governance gates are met and orchestrate activity across organizational boundaries ensuring auditable record of deliverables. The releases can be inclusive of application updates, operating system patches, security improvements, hardware upgrades, Projects and Production Support fixes. Position needs to adhere to the IT Digital Enterprise Release Calendar in working closely with the IT release managers from different portfolios across CVS and hence centralizing view of all in flight releases.
Responsibilities % Time
1. Work with the multiple mobile app engineering teams to meet the timelines for uploading the apps to google/apple app stores and getting beta builds/firebase readiness for beta validations. Perform light devOPS work w.r.t. configuring pipelines, deployment tools and branching and code merging
40
2. Prepare & submit paperwork for approvals, prepare effective deployment plans, set up conference and run deployments for releases into Production. Includes working with release partners in accessing risk and accordingly preparation of timelines and preparation of contingency plans.
20
3. Work collaboratively with all participants in software development projects support of developers and testers in the setting up of build test [dev/qa/reg/pt] environments. Ensure all governance gates are met and quality is certified as per policy for each deliverable.
20
4. Work with IT management and IT Operations to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuously building, deploying, and updating applications and environments
10
5. Define the IT strategic direction for release management tools for IT to ensure the process requirements of release management are built in
10
Required Skills: In order of importance, list specific skills or talents that a qualified incumbent should possess (i.e., management of large staff, computer applications, subject knowledge, etc.)
1. dvanced knowledge of Mobile app release process and google/apple play store publishing
2. dvanced knowledge of software development lifecycle
3. Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion
4. Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills
5. dvanced written and verbal communication skills
6. General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office expert level knowledge of Excel, working Knowledge of Access
7. Must have familiarity working in a very fast-paced environment
8. Demonstrated effective leading and analytical skills
9. Flexible schedule is necessary, as releases could happen on a weekly basis, based upon severity level of production support issues
Preferred Skills: In order of importance, list specific skills or talents that a qualified incumbent should possess (i.e., management of large staff, computer applications, subject knowledge, etc.)
1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
2. Solid understanding of project management principles preferred
3. Knowledge of agile and scaled agile methodologies
4. Knowledge/HandsOn with Jenkins
5. Healthcare/PBM/Mobile experience
Job Tags
Contract work, Flexible hours,