Deployment Engineer Job in Chicago 60606, Illinois Us
Title: Deployment Engineer
Pay Rate: Based on experience
Skills: MS Build, Visual Build, Cyber-Ark or eDMZ
Job Description
SD3 is seeking two Deployment (Implementation) Engineers. This is a long-term project opportunity with an SD3 client located in Chicago was a potential career prospect.
Candidates must be able to manage resources and processes to ensure the timeliness and integrity of the release cycle. As a member of the Application Testing and Implementation team, this position is responsible for the build and release cycle from development to production. The successful candidate will work with other IT departments to ensure adherence to our client’s change control process and have the technical expertise to ensure the integrity of software releases and scheduled batch processes. The candidate will have experience optimizing the use of development and test environments, and be able to configure environments to specification.
Key Responsibilities
The following duties are generally representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.
• Effectively manages code changes in the code library.
• Configures vended software on test and production environments.
• Creates and manages software builds for internally developed applications.
• Creates and manages test and production batch scheduling environments.
• Reviews implementation documents for accuracy and completeness ensuring appropriate back out plans are documented.
• Work with application testers to ensure testing is performed in production like environments.
• Assess release readiness based upon objective standards.
• Work with IT Operations throughout the release cycle to ensure all changes are documented and approved.
• Lead cross functional teams to implement technical changes during scheduled nighttime and weekend maintenance windows, and support emergency implantations.
• Work with Application Support to ensure the batch schedule meets business needs and service level agreements.
Key Requirements
Education and/or experience
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Post graduate work, i.e. financial certification, or master’s degree a plus.
• 7+ years of solid experience in implementing software and/or scheduling.
• Mastery of ITIL Release and Configuration Management processes.
• Investment management industry experience preferred.
Communication/team skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong conflict management skills.
• Client service-oriented.
• Work effectively with a distributed team.
Technical skills
• Build tool experience: MS Build, Visual Build
• Password Management suites: Cyber-Ark, eDMZ
• Batch scheduling experience (IBM/Tivoli’s TWS, Autosys, ActiveBatch)
• Scripting: Windows Batch scripting, UNIX Kornshell, Perl
• RDBMS: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase
• Languages: .Net (C# / VB.Net / ASP.Net), JSP, Java, ASP a benefit
• Web servers: Tomcat, IIS, JRun a plus
• Operating systems - Windows, UNIX (HP-UX a plus)
• Strong understanding data structures and content required
• Financial application experience a plus (Charles River, SimCorp, Portia)
• Windows Permissions Management Experience
• FTP/SFTP Experience
• SharePoint Workflow Management is a plus
About SD3
SD3 is an Information Technology consulting firm dedicated to providing superior service, quality, and satisfaction to our clients. SD3 specializes in managing projects and/or providing expert consultants for the areas of custom application and database development, data warehouse and system integration. At SD3, we value our consultants' ability to blend into our client's organization, fill in their gaps, and work cooperatively within their team while at the same time bringing an outside, out-of-the-box perspective to all of their information technology issues.
For Additional Information
Please visit our website at www.sd3.com
Candidates for this position must be located in the Chicago area and have the following skills: strong written and oral communications, and demonstrated ability to work independently and as a strong team member.
**We are interested in filling this position quickly. APPLY NOW!
If you would prefer to email your resume, send it to jobs at sd3.com
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regretfully can only respond to those candidates who we feel best meet the requirements of a specific position. Please rest assured that we retain all candidate information for possible future matches, even if you do not hear from us in regard to your response to this ad.
No third party candidates will be considered.
No H1 sponsorship available.