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:

• Own the end-to-end release process across Development, Test &&& Production
• Coordinate Development, Testing &&& Operations teams to deliver releases on time
• Manage configuration standards, manifests and structured release artefacts
• Package and deploy SAS DI code (SPKs) and Oracle artefacts
• Support SAS 9.4 → SAS Viya 4 migration using CI/CD practices
• Lead release readiness reviews, go/no-go decisions and post-release retrospectives
• Ensure full release traceability, governance and auditability Experience required:
• SAS Enterprise Guide (EG)
• SAS Data Integration (DI)
• SAS Management Console
• SAS Studio
• SAS Viya 3.5 / Viya 4
• SAS Visual Analytics / Visual Investigator
• Oracle
• Configuration &&& release management
• Software testing lifecycle / defect management
• CI/CD &&& DevOps practices Desirable: 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