Job Description

DEVOPS RELEASE MANAGER

Who Are We:

FIS connects consumers to their money through leading-edge payments solutions. We’re the development engine of FIS: the largest, Fortune 500, Fintech company in the world. Our solution is branded by our customers — banks and retailers — so you might not have heard of us. But, if you’ve used a mobile banking app, interacted with an ATM, or used a debit card to complete a financial transaction, you’re most likely using FIS software. Our product is one that touches the average consumer on a regular basis, and makes the financial world go ‘round. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS serves more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries, and our technology powers billions of transactions annually that move over $9 trillion around the globe. FIS is a Fortune 500 company, ranked 392 on the Fortune 500 list and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.  Named a 2016 “World’s Most Admired Company” by Fortune Magazine.

About the Team:

FIS is looking for a Programmer Analyst - DevOps Release Manager to join a new DevOps team.  The Digital One Technical Delivery team builds and delivers a new FIS solution based on microservices architecture for containerized cloud-ready infrastructure.   Our development stream leverages Agile methodologies - our team’s role is to build source code and promote artifacts through to releasable status.  Our focus is pipeline automation of everything – builds, tests, scans, configuration, database and deploys – with metric collection.  We are looking for talented resources to be a part of this dynamic team that will grow with the growth of the solution. 

What you will be doing:

• You will be part of a DevOps team – providing management oversight of release version and timing in an ecosystem with a high degree of complexity.
• Focus on process analysis and re-engineering with an understanding of technical problems and solutions relating to current and future business environments.
• Help shape and build our next gen pipeline deployment infrastructure.
• Communicate and plan across stakeholders:  QA test teams, Project Managers, Development, Production Ops.
• Assist with release definition – packaging and versioning multiple components into a single release candidate for a specific client.
• Analyze processes to continually improve release promotion, identifying points of automation.
• Function as a Product Owner for a release management tooling, metrics and dashboard tracking.
• Engage with Development teams to take latest version and promote release through client test environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to create/maintain/improve automation that builds and deploys environments for client focused testing and implementation teams.
• Collaborate with team to package releases as Helm charts
• Advocate for best practices when it comes to DevOps processes, culture, and 12-factor application design.

What you bring:

• Proven experience planning and tracking a high degree of complexity with multiple inputs/outputs.
• Experience with CICD pipeline concepts and promotion to multiple environments.
• Understanding of DevOps best practices.
• Understanding of Git-based source repositories.
• Experience using Cloud services such as Microsoft Azure Service or AWS
• Knowledge of container-based platforms such as Docker,  Kubernetes, OpenShift, AKS/EKS.
• Experience with API based applications– test tools and concepts.
• Resourceful and proactive in gathering information and sharing ideas
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, team, and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization, e.g., executive, management, individual contributors

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team
• A competitive salary and benefits
• The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology
• A work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect
• Varied and challenging work to help you grow your technical skillset