Job Details

TITLE: Release Planner (US Citizenship is REQUIRED)

RATE RANGE: $60/hr - $67/hr W2 (no health benefit while on contract)

LOCATION: Onsite in Scottsdale AZ 85257

CLEARANCE: Secret, obtainable within reasonable time based on requirements

***No C2C, we can NOT work with outside agencies/vendors, and we can NOT do 1099-US CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED***

As a Release Planner and FRCB (Failure Review Control Board) Champion, you'll work with a cross functional team responsible for oversight of the development and test planning activities for a satellite communications systems release.

Activities and tasks include:

• Participating in the development of specific current release content objectives as part of a longer term Increment Planning activity
• Understanding the release content objective impacts on each of the contributing development teams
• Developing a high-level understanding of system functionality in order to validate and communicate impacts to Configuration Items
• Setting up milestones, determine communication plan and top level release development schedule
• Overseeing the execution of the development and testing of a release across the multiple contributing teams by: coordinating, progress tracking, cross-team communication
• Ensuring development schedules align for efficient use of system level lab testing / integration resources
• Working with other System Engineers to ensure alignment and adequacy of test planning in order to help guarantee smooth System Test entry and execution
• Interacting with program management and development leads to coordinate, negotiate, and update priorities as needed
• Tracking and drive resolution when teams are running into progress issues or aren't communicating effectively
• Communicating release development status in monthly reviews
• Communicating release content scope with deployment team and support their planning activities
• Helping identify process holes for lessons-learned improvement opportunities

REQUIRED SKILLS

Track record for successfully planning, testing and releasing large software releases on schedule

Experience setting up milestones, determine communication plan and top level release development schedule

Creative thinker motivated to apply technical standards and methodologies to develop solutions

Collaborative team player with the ability to provide technical leadership and position others for success

Experience running internal and customer Failure Review Control Board (FRCB) meetings

Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions

Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others

Agile experience preferred.

EDUCATION REQUIRED

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience.

If you would like to interview for this position, please send an updated resume to Dee Smith, ...@geologics.com