Configuration Analyst II
Company: Athene
Location: West Des Moines
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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Job Description:
We are Athene. At Athene, we are driven to do more. We are a
leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and
acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing
number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement
needs. We see every day as a new opportunity to measure ourselves
against the best - and then we don't stop until we've set the bar
even higher. We're ready to help you achieve more.
Purpose:
Athene is looking for a Configuration Analyst II to join our team.
In this role, you will be responsible for IT Change Management
initiatives. As a member of this team, you'll utilize IT service
management frameworks to conduct impact analysis, assess change
readiness while working to minimize risk to the organization,
standardize methods, procedures, improve processes review, monitor,
and respond to developer segregation of duties policy violations to
support continuous integration and delivery. You will continue to
learn and stay current in a fun and rapidly changing
environment.
Accountabilities:
Functions as the day-to-day-operations subject matter expert
Negotiate, plan and manage all change management activities
including developer segregation of duties monitoring
Coordinates with internal IT groups to confirm deployments,
upgrades, refreshes and other activity impacting the
environments
Identify dependencies between changes and requests and negotiates
scheduling conflicts based on business priorities.
Plans and facilitates Change Advisory Board weekly meetings
Communicate all key project plans, commitments, and changes
relating to schedule and scope
Provide weekly and monthly change management metrics
Gather documentation and evidence for audit as required
Communicate change management details and schedules to the Business
as required
Work with release management to coordinate timing and
communication
Facilitates periodic and ad hoc change management training for
change requestors
Produces, reviews and updates process documentation
Qualifications and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or
related field, or equivalent work experience
2+years relevant experience in change and/or release management
Experience working in Agile and Waterfall development
environments
Familiarity with IT Service Management frameworks and software
development lifecycle
Ability to plan, organize and lead meetings
Self-starter; can take an idea from inception to
implementation.
Familiarity with ServiceNow CAB workbench a plus
Drive. Discipline. Confidence. Focus. Commitment. Learn more about
working at Athene (https://www.athene.com/about/usa-careers) .
Athene is a Military Friendly Employer! Learn more about how we
support our Veterans (https://www.athene.com/our-veterans) .
Athene celebrates diversity, is committed to inclusion and is proud
to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status or
any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
We are driven to do more. More for our customers and the financial
professionals who offer our products. If you are driven to do more
and love the challenge of pursuing more, Athene is your kind of
company. You will find we offer more than the basics to create a
diverse, inclusive and dynamic work environment at our various
locations.
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