Junior Release Engineer

Junior Release Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cabot in Kings Hill as a Release Engineer.  This is a hybrid role with travel to Kings Hill, ME19 4UA, when required. 

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Assist with the creation and maintenance of software release plans, timelines, and schedules.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure release preparation and documentation is both timely, accurate and of high-quality.
• Support the CCM Change Management Process by raising Requests for Change (RFC) and where appropriate represent them at Technical Review Board  (TRB) and Change Approval Board (CAB).
• Coordinate software releases, ensuring that all dependencies are met and that releases are delivered on time.
• Deploy releases via Azure Pipelines to Production / non-Production platforms and ad-hoc processes where required
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to identify and resolve issues related to software releases and environments.
• Ensure that all release documentation is complete and current.
• Assist in the maintenance of release processes and procedures.
• Continuously evaluate and improve release and environment management practices.
• Assist in the management of development, test, staging and production environments, ensuring that they are stable and secure.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices related to release and environment management.

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of software release management processes, procedures, and best practice (ITIL Framework)
• Exposure to Azure DevOps
• Experience of ITIL Service Management tools such as Service Now
• General Windows Server OS experience
• Knowledge of SQL (desirable not essential)
• Good organisational skills and the ability to handle multiple concurrent activities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with software configuration management.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Understanding of the software development cycle.

Personal Attributes

• Excellent communication skills and customer focus.
• Process oriented – able to understand existing processes and create new ones or amend existing.
• To be able to work under pressure in an environment with varying and competing deadlines.
• To be able to organise oneself to manage a diverse workload effectively.
• Have the flexibility to carry out deployments some evenings and weekends.