Position Summary
 
The TFS Administrator and Software Support Engineer is key member of the bswift team responsible for providing a framework and establishing best practices by which projects will deliver systems change in a controlled manner.  As a release &configuration management subject matter expert you'll work alongside the existing Development team, internal delivery teams and external system consultants.  

Fundamental Components  

• Quickly understand thecurrent change, delivery and release cycle, highlight weaknesses, implement corrective measures and continuously improve the process
• Provide guidance and feedbackto ensure Release, Change and Configuration best practices are adhered to
• Clearly communicate release and configuration management expectations and standards across a wide range of different technical delivery teams
• Continually work towards making improvements in the Build, Deployment and Release process
• Have an in depth understanding of source code management and configuration tools including MicrosoftTeam Foundation Server
• Remain proactive andforward thinking
• Deliver strong change management and release planning  

Tasks

• Configuration& Build Management
• Formulate and confirm to source code management policies
• Create and Manage branch merge plan 
• Define and Manage change types
• Define and Manage configuration management roles
• Capture\maintainsource code
• Establish Baseline & Release Naming convention
• Baseline(snapshot) configurations
• Register Baselines\versions in TFS (support defect categorisation - found in/resolved by)
• Register Release references in TFS
• Assign TFS tickets (Defects\Change request and tasks) to release package
• Track TFS ticket status
• ManageTFS - item relationships

Release & DeploymentManagement

• Define and Manage release roles
• Create the Release package and deploy it to environments.
• Confirm release scope via release package
• Agree Release area and mechanism for transfer 
• Agree release cycles to support plan 
• PublishRelease scope
• Confirm environment readiness
• Confirm release readiness
• Produce release note
• Deploy release
• Agree validation mechanisms and evidence 
• Secure Release Acceptance (Signoff)
• Update Release\Configuration Management status   

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCEdesired:

• 5+ years of experience in computer operations, with a background in mainframe, midrange,and distributed computing environments
• Analytical skills and a working knowledge of data processing and/or networking essentials are essential
• 5-6 year of experience in Software configuration and Build using TFS
• Experience in Branching-Merging and Configuration management
• Experience in software Build and Deployment using TFS including MS Build, XAML
• Understanding of integration of TFS Web Portal, SonarQube, Checkmarx and similar code qualitymanagement tools
• Good understandingof all features/functions of TFS including Reporting, Release Manger
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience