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Title: Project Manager / Release Manager – Data Warehouse

Location: Remote

Release management around data warehouse/data lake set of applications in AWS cloud environment
Provides release schedule for Run and Build calendars
Oversees PRE-production deployment tasks
Oversees production deployment tasks
Leads deployment weekend activities from a status reporting perspective for all release items
Role is responsible for compiling production change requests
Role is responsible for securing agreement from all supporting teams (internal & external) for agreement on support for all releases
Responsible to assist with escalation in the event of any errors or failures
Role starts/ends with pulling in the owners/responsible parties to resolve the problem and insuring resolution is achieved.
Role is expected to assist with tracking down on-call resources from supporting teams
Responsible to assist with paperwork for all CHG requests including emergency and expedited changes
Conduct release readiness reviews and business Go/No-Go reviews
Include all involved teams
Develop implementation plan, call outs, job run sequencies, etc.
Develop on-call/responsible party list for each release in the event of errors/issues.
Must be able to read/understand project plans
Must be technically minded (able to understand application components; job executions; dependencies; and technical errors) … while not expected to write code, the ability to understand and interpret job failures and urgencies related to fixes is critical for a successful candidate.