Release Manager

The contract is with a consultancy organization in Brussels to be on assignment to a large European site. The aim of this request is to improve the Service Management section, specifically in the field of Releases of  systems and therefore the organization is looking for an experienced release manager.

MANDATORY KNOWLEDGE:

- Proven experience in release management practices is mandatory.
- Expertise in release automation, preferable using the Maven 3 build life cycle and development of plugins
-  Excellent expertise in configuration and change management tools (Rational Team Concert/; Rational Clearcase and ClearQuest)
- Familiar with software requirements specification, software architecture design
- Experience in development with Java and communicating with external APIs
- Good practical experience with Scripting tools and linux
- The candidate will be required to be trained in RTC

Assets:

- Knowledge of application lifecyle management
- A certification in Service Management would be an asset
- Experience in Rational Jazz tools (RTC/RRC/RQM/RRDI) and use of their APIs 

Others:

- Ability to understand and be understood
- Team spirit
- Proactive and self-organized
- Inquiring mind
- Pragmatism
- Flexible and be able to cope with peaks and stress

Languages: 

- English (mandatory) and French
- Good command of other EU languages useful.

Working Environment:

- Application life cycle methodology is RUP and Scrum based, sustained by Rational tools (ClearQuest/ClearCase/Jazz platform)
- Change & Release Management, Planning using Rational Team Concert (Scrum based processes)
- Test Management using Rational Quality Manager
- Oracle Databases 11g
- JEE applications using Vaadin/JSF/EJB/Maven technologies
- ColdFusion 9 Web applications
- Client Server system written in PowerBuilder 10
- Browsers Internet Explorer and Firefox
- Open space