Build Analyst - Unlimited Technology
Rochester, NY
About the Job
Come join our team! At Unlimited Technology, we are committed to our company's core values of Passion, Collaboration, Innovation and Adaptability. With offices throughout the United States, we are a premier cyber and physical security specialty contractor, and we are growing at a rapid pace. We have a wide range of talented and experienced individuals that deliver cutting edge technology solutions to meet our customers' ever-changing needs. We secure the facilities and networks of the world's leading brands and critical infrastructure and are recognized leaders in the physical and IT security, cyber, and managed services industries. UT offers a rewarding career, great benefits, and the chance to learn and work with ground-breaking technology and premier clients.
Build Analyst Responsibilities:
Works closely with Infrastructure Managers, designers, and QA Test Teams to oversee the ICT build and release process for the client
Build Analyst Job Duties:
- Preparing and issuing requirements for both internal and external clients.
- Own the coordination of configuration management activities, development of build standards, and assisting the quality assurance team to a successful systems' certification process across multiple platforms and/or products.
- Build, maintain and configure the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and configuration items
- Acting as the liaison between external partners and the development team, coordinating and negotiating development plans, exceptions to quality and configuration, control build-state, as well as overall releases.
- Developing and owning the build process inside and out, interacting with external vendors to ensure formal system build standardization controls to ensure consistent application of standardized builds across all environments in accordance with design specifications.
- Working with the design team to ensure a consistent approach to systems configuration and build- documentation; produce deployment run books and provide input to release plans\implementation plans.
- Owning associated tools and databases utilized for the verification process as related to build certification and release.
- Working with both internal and external key stakeholders to determine release content plans as related to certification of final configuration specs and build standards and shepherd that content/process through external party approvals for the release.
- Owning, managing and maintaining build catalog and establishing a release plan with the PMO.
- Working closely with QA, Server Engineers, and Technical Leads on monitoring the build and integration process to ensure correct build execution and facilitate resolution of build errors/failures.
- Working with Server Engineer to understand and communicate risks as gold-build standards and release activities are developed for various systems and infrastructure components.
- Working with QA Lead to establish and maintain bug triage process, determine and prioritize must fix issues for release and work with appropriate team members to ensure bug fixes happen as planned, and all documentation and/or artifacts maintained up-to-date.
- Working closely with Dev Production, QA, and Live Ops teams on identifying and resolving risk related to releases through the monitoring and tracking of incomplete and/or uncertified builds while controlling changes to existing approved build-assets.
- Coordinating internal and external release notes, known issues, and knowledge base updates.
- Ensuring releases have passed all required checks and approvals leading up to live deployment and effectively communicate approved exceptions to all necessary key stakeholders.
- Working closely with the Program Management Office and Live Ops team to coordinate and publish frequent builds, hotfixes, and patches.
- Maintaining formal build and release records to track release content and history across the design, implementation, and QA process.
- Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists.
Build Analyst Skills & Qualifications:
- BS degree in Computer Science or IT related field with one to ten years of experience. Further education a plus.
- Experience working in the quality area for an organization certified to ISO 9001 or similar standard.
- Knowledge of Quality Assurance system development and implementation such as ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001, SQF, ISO 14001, QS 9100, etc.
- Proficiency in MS Office, including Word and Excel.
- Excellent communication skills, both orally and written, at all levels of an organization.
- Strong organizational skills and motivational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to solve practical problems and make logical decisions.
- Ability to work independently, as well as within a team.
- Ability to be onsite 5 days a week in Rochester, NY with no relocation offered.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Life insurance
- 401 (k) w/company match 100% up to 3% and an additional 50% match of 2%
- Paid time off
- 11 Paid Holidays
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.