Roles and responsibilities :
Ensure the new Deployment teams (Both CoE and in the Feature Teams) meets their deadlines and delivers on the expectation
Work with the CoE test Leads (BVT, Regression, Integration, NFRs) and FT CI/CD & Automation Engineers to ensure cohesion and removal of any obstacles or blockers
Hold CoE test Leads and Feature Team CI/CD & Automation Engineers accountable to meeting their deployment obligations
Report to the head of Testing & Deployment on the efficacy of the deployment interventions
Review Feature team deployment compliance
Produce and collate deployment reports for each Feature team Scum master
Provide consolidated deployment reporting to the Head of Testing and Deployment
Assist Feature team CI/CD engineers with deployment risks and issues
Monitor the Software Maturity index of releases
Maintain CI/CD Pipeline
Maintain Code propagation ruleset
Maintain deployment procedure
Desired Skills and Experience :
Hands on experience on preparing E2E deployment strategy for a complex program
Proven Experience in assessing virtualization opportunities and showcase business value benefits
Strong practical experience leading a DevOps based CI/CD practice
Strong practical CI/CD automation experience
Excellent stakeholder relationship management
Excellent analysis skills
Excellent communication Skills
Excellent management skills
Excellent understanding of DevOps and Agile principles and paradigms
Excellent Understanding of Measuring performance in a DevOps environment
Can Demonstrate Patience while still driving performance
Excellent Coach and Mentor
Can Demonstrate being a quick learner
Proven Systems thinking experience
Experienced in resource forecasting and allocation, status reporting, risk and issue management
Experience in working in an onsite / offshore model