Release Developer 3

Job Description

The Oracle E-Business Suite Quality and Release Management (QRM) team is a dynamic team of individuals focused on delivering high quality packaged software products to customers. QRM Release team is a critical group of E- Business Suite Release management.

The Release Engineering team in Quality and Release Management (QRM) group primarily performs code build, packaging, Install and Upgrade testing and certifying Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Applications releases at the suite-wide and family level.

QRM Release team responsibilities include:

Code Build, Packaging, Install and Upgrade testing and certifying the following release packs with a wide range of technologies: Oracle E-Business Suite-wide Maintenance Packs (MP), Release Update Packs (RUP), Product Family Packs, Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Releases and Oracle E-Business Suite Extensions

Software configuration management and maintenance, eg. source control area configuration, branching, forking.

Oracle E-Business Suite install, upgrades, maintenance, patching as part of certifying release update packs.

Install testing and certifying all the supported NLS languages for EBS.

Creating the Rapid Install (RI) Shiphome, Media Pack and delivering it to customers.

Design, development and execution of release packaging processes and standards.

Design, development and maintenance of release critical systems and reports to automate release packaging processes and standards validation.

Collaboration with product development, QA, product and program management teams to help improve product development process.

Collaboration with documentation teams to provide installation and upgrade steps and review the documentation accuracy from the technical point of view.

Manage the delivery of product releases from inception to deployment

Develop and enforce ���install and upgrade??processes and standards

Execute install and upgrade tests, triaging issues of any complexity related to those tests

Promote configuration management and release management best practices to product teams

Debug and test install and upgrade defects of any complexity, across multiple products, providing feedback about the appropriate way to deliver a fix and handle customer escalations

Provide training and best practices support on the use of internal tools and utilities

Drive enhancements to the central tools team when necessary, and/or design and develop automation to serve core responsibilities when appropriate

Contribute to functional and technical designs and reviews with respect to install and upgrade

Contribute to the definition of team processes, standards, strategy and goals

Influence the addition of new and/or significantly re-engineered processes across release projects using innovative approaches including automation.

B.S. or M.S. degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field

4 to 8 years of previous software engineering or related experience

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to interact and follow-up with multiple teams

Demonstrate strong analytical skills and basic project management skills

Deliver medium to complex projects on time and with a high degree of quality

Team player with ability to multitask with minimal supervision and high reliability

Strong drive to learn, with a ”problem solving” attitude

Knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite is advantageous but not essential.

Good knowledge of Build and Release practices, Configuration or Change management principles and Continuous Build integration and best practices.

Hands-on experience with software configuration management tools or change control software.

Strong Unix shell/Perl/Python scripting skills.

Demonstration of programming skills in SQL, PLSQL, and web technologies.

Good understanding of basic RDBMS concepts and hands-on experience with Oracle or similar database products.

Experience in product release and build process automation.

Experience with software builds, install and upgrade testing is a strong plus.

Exposure to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is a strong plus.

Knowledge of REST API and how to make REST Calls is a strong plus.

Hands-on experience on CI tools and Build Tools (Maven, Hudson, Jenkins, etc) is a plus.

Experience in Oracle Fusion Middleware install, patching and administration is a plus.

Develop, analyze and maintain tools that support and automate processes for hardware or software product release.

As a member of the software engineering division, you will perform high-level design based on provided external specifications. Specify, design and implement minor changes to existing software architecture. Build highly complex enhancements and resolve complex bugs. Build and execute unit tests and unit plans. Review integration and regression test plans created by QA. Communicate with QA and porting engineering as necessary to discuss minor changes to product functionality and to ensure quality and consistency across specific products.

Duties and tasks are varied and complex utilizing independent judgment. Fully competent in own area of expertise. May have project lead role and or supervise lower level personnel. BS or MS degree or equivalent experience relevant to functional area. Typically four years of software engineering or related experience needed.