Release Analyst (Contract)

| Mississauga, ON, CAN | Hybrid
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KUBRA's Service Delivery department is looking for a skilled Release Analyst to join our Release Management team!


As a Release Analyst, you will be joining a collaborative and highly responsive team while maintaining quality by performing testing, ensuring that audit and compliance standards met, and deploying tested products and solutions into different servers and environments.


**This is a 12-month contract and hybrid opportunity based in our office in Mississauga, ON.**

What you get to do every day

  • Perform and execute the appropriate Compliance Test Plan for assigned Change Requests
  • Conduct testing on applications before deployment
  • Verify program functions according to client requirements and ensure compliance to establishment guidelines
  • Perform and execute Migration and Deployment plans per the schedule and release
  • Enforce best-practices and standards before live release dates for scheduled migrations, Canada to US location moves, and Legacy to VBS .NET conversions
  • Develop and maintain Compliance, Migration and Deployment plans as needed
  • Prevent incidents resulting from updates to production systems

What kind of person should you be?

  • A proactive, solution-oriented mindset to drive actionable decisions within teams
  • You pride yourself on your analytical and critical thinking skills
  • You hardly ever run away from a challenge
  • You are someone who has a proactive and solution-oriented mindset
  • You enjoy working with a team
  • You take pleasure in maintaining compliance and process standards

What skills do you need?

  • BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
  • 2+ year Working experience on Amazon Web services.
  • 1-3 years of Software QA Testing experience in the IT industry
  • 1-3 years of Deployment experience in the IT industry
  • 1-3 years of Quality Assurance experience focusing on software functionality verification
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum Methodology
  • Experience with maintaining process and compliance standards
  • Experience with manual, regression, Back-end and Blackbox testing
  • Strong Experience with maintaining process and compliance standards
  • Familiarity with Continuous Integration/Continuous deployment tools like TeamCity and BitBucket.
  • Strong knowledge using source and version control tools such as Microsoft Visual Source Safe, Source Tree, Stash/GIT
  • Knowledge of C# and VBS.NET
  • Experience performing SQL queries to validate data
  • Experience using tracking systems such as JIRA
  • Knowledge of ITIL standards

What can you expect from us?

  • Award-winning culture that fosters growth, diversity and inclusion for all
  • Free unlimited access to our refreshment stations (fully stocked with tea, coffee and other beverages)

While we value the skills and experiences listed in our job requirements, we also recognize that talent comes in many forms, and welcome applications from candidates who meet most but not all specified requirements. If you possess a strong desire to learn and grow in a dynamic work environment, apply now!


KUBRA is a fast-growing company that delivers customer communications solutions to some of the largest utility, insurance, and government entities across North America. KUBRA offers billing and payments, mapping, mobile apps, proactive communications, and artificial intelligence solutions for customers. With more than 1.5 billion customer interactions annually, KUBRA services reach over 40% of households in the U.S. and Canada. KUBRA is an operating subsidiary of Hearst.

 

Our office is small enough to allow creative individuals to flourish, yet large enough to provide long-term stability. We place a tremendous amount of responsibility on our team members to be productive, focused and self-motivated. We offer a casual work environment, competitive compensation and a stellar benefits program. 

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
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What are KUBRA Perks + Benefits

KUBRA Benefits Overview

In addition to competitive pay and plenty of time off, we offer a casual work environment, performance bonuses and awards, referral bonuses, and ample opportunities for education and career advancement.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Feel good about volunteering in your local community with 2 paid days designated towards volunteering and charity work.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Day off for your birthday
Enjoy your birthday off with a paid day of PTO (and you get to pick the day - long weekend, anyone?!)
Quarterly engagement surveys
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
We use our in-office days (Tues & Thurs) for all hands meetings and to collaborate all together.
Summer hours
President's club
Employee awards
Flexible work schedule
KUBRA offers a flexible schedule for those folks who aren't early birds but also want to get the worm!
Remote work program
Want to work at KUBRA but don't live in a state where we have a physical office? Not to worry, some of our positions are can accommodate working remotely. Details will be in the job posting.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Anyone participating in interviews must complete our mandatory unconscious bias training before being apart of an interview panel or interview solo.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
KUBRA’s TA team works to ensure that every step of an applicant’s journey with KUBRA is a fair and equitable experience.
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Wellness days
KUBRA offers 2 paid mental-health days.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
KUBRA's 401 matching program offers a 50% match of every dollar an employee contributes. After 3 years you are 100% vested.
Performance bonus
Performance based bonuses are issued for many of our non-sales roles and our sales roles consist of a base + commission.
Charitable contribution matching
Pay transparency
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
Receive up to $1000 a month for child or elderly care.
Family medical leave
Vacation + Time Off
Generous PTO
KUBRA offers 3 weeks of paid vacation time (and up to 5 weeks of for tenured employees of five years or longer)
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

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