Test Environment & Release Lead

at  Vector NZ

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have 5-7 years’ relevant experience with a degree in business or computer science. You will also have proven experience:

• working with release management principles and best practices.
• working with modern approaches to deployment automation on both cloud-based infrastructure and bare-metal servers
• working in an agile environment.
• organizing and tracking the progress of multiple projects across the software development lifecycle.
• driving the strategy and continuous improvements of the software development capability.

Additionally, you will have strong leadership skills with a problem solving and continuous improvement mindset. Your organisational and attention to detail will be exceptional and your communication, relationship building and influencing skills will be excellent with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, with all stakeholders.

Platforms and Tools used include:

• SaaS products

ABOUT US

Bluecurrent was formed in 2023 after a joint venture between Vector and QIC was established. With more than 15 years’ experience behind us we are a new company, with strong foundations and ambitious goals.
It’s a great time to join the highly dynamic energy sector, with consumers and energy companies driving rapid change. Changes that can make a difference are often informed by the data we provide.
Bluecurrent’s team is made up of people with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences.
We respect people’s differences, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.
Our values reflect how we do things together and for our customers.

They are:

• Collaborate – we are a tight knit group that works best when we work together.
• Innovate – we are stepping up to solve challenges in new ways.
• Deliver – what we say we do. It’s what we’ve always done and always will do.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This role can be located in Auckland or Wellington.
Bluecurrent (formerly Vector Metering) is a leading provider of innovative smart metering services and solutions in New Zealand and Australia. As a B2B company, we partner with leading energy retailers and distributors in New Zealand and Australia.
We have an exciting newly created opportunity for an Environment and Release Lead to join the high performing full stack agile DevOps team. In this role, you will be responsible for quality control of software solutions in the test environment, the releases and influencing configuration management.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support team that deliver solutions through the practices of Behaviour Driven Development and Test-Driven Development.
• Assist in implementing and communicating hardware and software version control processes, policies and procedures.
• Managing the coordination of efforts to configure environments and tracking the status of environment configuration activities.
• Develop, coordinate and manage the release lifecycle including the creation of release packages, release notes, deployment activities, release schedules and reviews.
• Participate in the Change Acceptance Board processes.
• Enhance reliable software releases through build, test, and deployment automation.
• Develop rollback criteria and plans for rolling back a deployment.
• Manage risks, multiple components and dependencies.
• Develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with project managers, line managers, and clients.
• Resolve and escalate impediments, manage risk, assures value delivery, and drives program-level continuous improvement.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have 5-7 years’ relevant experience with a degree in business or computer science. You will also have proven experience:

• working with release management principles and best practices.
• working with modern approaches to deployment automation on both cloud-based infrastructure and bare-metal servers
• working in an agile environment.
• organizing and tracking the progress of multiple projects across the software development lifecycle.
• driving the strategy and continuous improvements of the software development capability