Configuration & Release Manager

The role:

This is more than a job
- it's a mission
. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA's vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win.

You'll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally through the OMNIA Chief Engineer. Ultimately, you'll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

• Technical leadership of all Configuration Management (CM) processes on the project to ensure CM compliance. This includes the configuration planning, identification, control, status accounting and auditing for development and in-service systems/services.

• Lead programme start-up and change activities including tailoring, estimating effort, establishing configuration processes, tool set selection, establishing data management repositories and regular governance and execution meetings.

• Define and lead application of release management, including establishing release management activities and toolsets, ensuring release requirements are defined and met, generating baselines, managing internal and external stakeholders.

• Drive continuous improvement and process simplification across the programme in conjunction with the profession lead.

• Work closely with development, quality assurance, ITEA and operations teams to ensure smooth transition from development to in-service environments.

• Identify potential risks that could impact release schedules and implement strategies to mitigate these risks.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of release processes, configuration items, and changes to ensure compliance with established standards and procedures.

• Lead a team of release engineers, ensuring work is delivered on time and to budget.

• Be 'Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement'.

• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

We're after individuals who want to serve. You'll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to 'get things done'. You'll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won't let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you'll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You won't necessarily have a military background, but you'll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

The OMNIA Training Configuration & Release Manager will be responsible for the Configuration Management and Release Management for the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). Responsible to the OMNIA Chief Engineer, this position requires exceptional knowledge and experience across configuration and release management disciplines to maintain effective and accurate control during the development and transition into service phases.

This role requires a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability work in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a complex and evolving environment.

• An engineering background, educated to degree level or with equivalent previous related experience.

• Proven knowledge and experience in release management, configuration management, or a related role with strong understanding of development life cycles.

• Detailed working knowledge of Def Stan 05-57 or equivalent

• A working knowledge of CMMI and ISO 9000 requirements

• Familiarity with tailored process creation and introduction using current CM methodology, establishing guidelines and rules for all functions/levels and the introduction of suitable toolsets to enable successful configuration management.

• Relevant certifications in but not limited to ITIL, PMP or Agile methodologies.

• Familiarity with configuration management tools:
  Git Hub, Argo, QUAY, Wind Chill.

• Experience in a leadership role within complex,…