Role: ICT Test & Release Manager REF 376565
Contract Length: Until 07/07/27
Location: Liverpool
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £32.76 per hour
Spinwell is recruiting for an ICT Test & Release Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ICT TEST & RELEASE MANAGER
To be responsible for planning, preparing, executing and reporting of regression tests, both manual and automated, for the force’s Core IT Systems, primarily its evergreen cloud products including but not limited to its ERP platform of Oracle HCM/ERP/ECP.
To own the Test & Release Management lifecycle which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases to the Force’s IT systems in agreement with the system owner and the appropriate parts of the ICT department.
To lead the effort of defining the IT strategic direction for release management tools for IT to ensure the process requirements of release management are built into future projects and that successful releases can be monitored and measured to agreed SLA’s.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE ICT TEST & RELEASE MANAGER
Qualifications
- The post holder should be educated to Degree Level (Level 6 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework) or with equivalent substantial experience in either a Business or IT environment.
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) to Foundation Level minimum plus ITIL service management qualification preferred or willingness to complete necessary training to gain this qualification
Experience
Substantial experience of:
- Undertaking and co-ordinating activities in support of test and release lifecycle
- Working with systems which interface with others or have multiple modules and the business/functional issues this can bring.
- System Acceptance Testing (SAT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities.
- Working within a formal change management process.
- Managing and coordinating testing scripts, results, analysis, defect management, supplier management and communication
- Working within the ITIL framework.
- Skills and knowledge
- Substantial previous test/release and/or project management experience, and advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle.
- Effective leadership and analytical skills and ability to motivate and coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion including suppliers.
- The postholder will work across groups, departments and with external suppliers and will facilitate multi-discipline meetings therefore a diplomatic but authoritative approach will be required.
- A wide knowledge of different IT systems is necessary so that proposed solutions can be assessed and the impact from their implementation can be understood and quantified.
- The ability to be able to communicate (both oral and written) confidently and effectively with individuals at all levels within the organisation and externally.
- The ability to analyse specific business requirements within system environment and where appropriate use the specialist knowledge obtained to influence and recommend procedural and technical solutions.
- The post holder should possess excellent inter-personal skills to ensure that the interests and objectives of Police are supported when working with other force users and the suppliers of IT systems.
- Self-motivated to manage own schedule with ability to carry out support tasks and good administrative abilities to log and report activities.
- Good customer care with a professional approach and courteous manner. Ability to ascertain information from users and provide users with advice regarding resolutions of problems.
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