Senior Deployment Specialist to lead the development and execution of Cloud application deployment strategies and processes in a Microsoft Azure Cloud environment

Our valued Public Sector client is in need of a Senior Deployment Specialist to lead the development and execution of Cloud application deployment strategies and processes in a Microsoft Azure Cloud environment.

The Deployment Specialist will analyse system infrastructure dependencies and ensure proper configuration management in the respective environments throughout the development life-cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Develop project plans for Deployment and Release Management deliverables;
• Execute the completion of deliverables to ensure deployment and release management milestones are met;
• Support the creation of schedules for the implementation of technology releases to the various development and test environments;
• Provide direction and guidance to team members related to implementation strategies, and deployment and release management processes;
• Analyze and evaluate alternative technology deployment solution options;
• Develop strategies for the implementation of technical solutions to meet the business needs;
• Ensure the integration of all aspects of technology solution deployment;
• Lead the development of implementation plans;
• Manage and co-ordinate the resources required to implement product releases;
• Manage and co-ordinate the deployment of system inter-dependencies with infrastructure service providers and third party Vendor solutions;
• Work with internal and external clients as required to investigate implementation and deployment issues;
• Identify and manage risks and issues utilizing existing project processes, including the development of mitigation and resolution strategies;
• Evaluate the quality of deliverables to ensure conformance to required standards and commitments;
• Perform analysis and impact assessment for technical requirements and change requests;
• Promote continuous team communication and collaboration amongst team members; and
• Perform knowledge transfer to employees.

Must haves:

• Agile software development lifecycle methodology;
• Integrated development environments frameworks such as Eclipse, MS Visual Studio etc.;
• Cloud software application development processes, service delivery models and testing frameworks and tools, preferably in a Microsoft Azure;
• Continuous Integration pipeline processes and tools such as Microsoft DevOps, Jenkins etc;
• Application development programming skills such as Java, C#, Python etc.; and
• Database technology;