Release Manager

Job title: Release Manager

Rate: £515 per day inside ir35

Contract: 6 months

Location: Telford/hybrid (2 days per week on site)

SC security clearance is required for this role

I am looking for an experienced Release Manager to join a major HMRC/Minerva programme, supporting the delivery of critical Self-Assessment (SA) risk and compliance capabilities. This is a great opportunity for a Release Manager who combines strong release/configuration management experience with hands-on SAS and Oracle knowledge.

Responsibilities:
\n . Own the end-to-end release process across Development, Test & Production
\n . Coordinate Development, Testing & Operations teams to deliver releases on time
\n . Manage configuration standards, manifests and structured release artefacts
\n . Package and deploy SAS DI code (SPKs) and Oracle artefacts
\n . Support SAS 9.4 - SAS Viya 4 migration using CI/CD practices
\n . Lead release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions and post-release retrospectives
\n . Ensure full release traceability, governance and auditability

Experience required:
\n . SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)
\n . SAS Data Integration (DI)
\n . SAS Management Console
\n . SAS Studio
\n . SAS Viya 3.5/Viya 4
\n . SAS Visual Analytics/Visual Investigator
\n . Oracle
\n . Configuration & release management
\n . Software testing life cycle/defect management
\n . CI/CD & DevOps practices

Desirable:
\n HMRC/public sector experience, AWS/Azure/SAS PaaS, Airflow or SAS Migration Factory experience.

If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please submit your CV.