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
Salary description
£515.00 - £515.00 per day