At Apiture, our mission is to empower financial institutions to know and serve their clients with the care of a traditional community institution at the scale, speed, and efficiency required in today’s digital world. With more than 300 clients throughout the U.S., we deliver comprehensive online and mobile solutions that support banks and credit unions, ranging from small community financial institutions to new, innovative direct banks.
Summary:
The Release Management Intern will work alongside the Release Manager who is responsible for driving the release management function across product and development delivery teams involving the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and/or Program/Project Management frameworks. As an intern you will assist in the Release Management lifecycle which includes scheduling, coordinating and the management of releases across the enterprise for multiple applications across various portfolios. These responsibilities will build a firm grasp of release management, agile delivery concepts, and a keen eye on continuous improvement.

Location:This role will be based out of our Austin, TX office.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the scheduling, managing and coordination of releases across multiple products and different teams and projects.
• Partner with delivery and change management leadership in managing and mitigating risks regarding release quality and schedule.
• Continuously monitor release cycles and provide tracking reports about delivery progress and implementations.
• Drives compliance and adherence to delivery and release frameworks, SDLC processes, guidelines, best practices, and tools to achieve successful project outcomes
• Partners with delivery leaders to define, and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), including leveraging the output to drive continuous improvement.
• Works closely with the Product Managers, Development Managers, and Technical Project Managers to ensure consistency of communications on software release planning and delivery.
• Works with development and technical operations to improve the software engineering processes and practices associated with continuously building, deploying, and updating software and environments.
• Help in managing projects and interdependencies to ensure milestone adherence to ensure the integrity of the release with quality measurements/business outcomes.
• Monitoring the release process and collecting feedback from the teams as well as customers.
• Communicate project-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, and deliverables between different teams.
• Coordinate the release schedule and resources needed for implementation, validation, and support
• Identify the risks that can delay the release and manage them, such that the scope scheduled, and without affects to the quality of the release.
• Work with developers to understand impacts of branches and code merges
• Schedule and drive the release readiness reviews, including Go/No-Go sessions, before deployment and milestone reviews after each release.
• Plan and give weekly updates on the release activities
• Engage with Product Managers and Tech Leads to elevate release plan visibility internally
• Collaborate with relevant delivery teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software.
• Produce Deployment, Run Books, and Implementation Plans
• Drive release cadence discussions and recognize opportunities to adapt release schedules to client and/or organizational needs
• Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications, and dependencies

Requirements:

• A rising junior or senior in college pursuing a degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Ability to troubleshoot and solution problems.
• Familiarity with Mac and Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Office 365, Okta, and networks (LAN, WAN).
• Strong understanding of OOP concepts and familiarity in at least one of the following languages: Java, Javascript, Typescript, C#, C , and Apex.
• Knowledge of relational database concepts.
• Familiarity with Salesforce workflows, approval processes, visual workflows, process builder and other tools is a plus.