Release Services Engineer - Remote Eligible

Release Services Engineer

Release Services Engineer OPPD's Release Services Engineer is accountable for managing the implementation release process from development through execution, verifying that each release meets all governance requirements and follows defined procedures, and supporting release deployments to meet stakeholder needs and expectations. The Release Services Engineer works with Application Services, Application Support, and Quality Assurance to ensure the integrity of the development, quality assurance, test, and production environments and uses subject matter expertise to help technical teams identify technical issues and resolve production incidents while advancing technologies, tools, and processes to facilitate automation of releases. Specific duties include:

Release Services Operations, which includes:

• Maintaining a centralized application component catalog;
• Maintaining standardized source code and release repositories;
• Maintaining access to the release repositories;
• Verifying that releases are planned, documented, coordinated, communicated, executed, and validated in accordance with Release Services requirements;
• Executing scheduled release deployments between environments (development, quality, assurance, user acceptance testing, production);
• Supporting technical teams to identify and resolve deployment failures or issues;
• Responsibility for lifecycle management of Release Services build and deployment tools;
• Driving automation efforts related to Release Services;
• Collaborating with technical teams and business partners to establish application specific release windows; and
• Providing training and guidance on Release Management governance standards and processes;

Strategy & Planning, which includes:

• Participating in the development and maintenance of Release Services governance standards and procedures;
• Participating in the development and maintenance of Release Services roadmap;
• Participating in project management and budget cycle meetings by providing estimates for Release Services resources;
• Identifying and championing continuous process improvement efforts including performing data queries, analysis, reporting and trending; and

Product Acquisition & Deployment, which includes:

• Participating in product selection sessions to assess services, applications, or systems against OPPD Release Services standards and non-functional requirements.

Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field (foreign equivalent accepted) and 3 years' experience in software development or software engineering or a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a closely related field (foreign equivalent accepted) and 5 years' experience in software development or software engineering. Required experience must also include experience in:

• Unix, Linux, Windows, Python, and Groovy;
• DevOps, Agile, PMP, and Waterfall frameworks and best practices;
• Bitbucket, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, Red Hat Ansible, and Mulesoft.

Location of Employment: Location: 1919 Aksarben Drive, Omaha, NE 68106. May work remotely from home from any location in the Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa metropolitan statistical area.

Closing Statement At Omaha Public Power District, we're passionate about three things: power, the people who make it, and the people who rely on it. WE ARE: Where the Light Starts. OPPD is the 12th-largest public power utility in the U.S., serving over 850,000 people across 5,000 square miles and 13 counties. WE'RE COMMITTED TO: Each other and the people we serve. This commitment drives us. We're dedicated to providing our communities with affordable, reliable, and environmentally sensitive energy services today, tomorrow, and well into the future. OUR JOB: To provide power with a purpose. We have real impact - on people's lives, on the environment, and on the future of energy. We're always looking for bright, capable people who want an opportunity to lead from where you are—wherever you are—and know that your ideas will be heard. If you want to be a source of real, positive change for the community and the people who live in this region, then working for a company acknowledged for caring about these same things is likely a priority for you as well.

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