Release Manager; Configuration Management

Position: Release Manager (Configuration Management)
Location: Annapolis Junction

General information

Job Posting Title

Release Manager (Configuration Management)

Date

Friday, October 9, 2026

City

Annapolis Junction

State

MD

Country

United States

Working time

Full-time

Description & Requirements
Maximus is seeking an experienced Release Manager to support a mission-critical federal program. This role leads release planning, governance, and deployment activities across a portfolio of applications and infrastructure environments. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in release and configuration management, software build and deployment, Dev Ops practices, and cross-functional coordination.

This role is on-site in Annapolis Junction, MD and requires an active Secret clearance.
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS
123, T3, Band 6
Job-Specific

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Plan, schedule, and execute application releases, operating system patches, security updates, hardware upgrades, and other changes across mission-critical systems.

- Manage the release lifecycle, including version control, implementation and rollback planning, Go/No-Go reviews, deployment coverage, and post-deployment validation.

- Maintain deployment, implementation, and communication plans in accordance with configuration management and document control standards.

- Coordinate software builds, Dev Ops configuration changes, and deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments.

- Partner with Agile, Dev Sec Ops , engineering, testing, operations, infrastructure, and third-party teams to align release schedules, dependencies, and resources.

- Facilitate TRB, CRB, CRQ, and OCCB meetings; prepare agendas, materials, decisions, and action items.

- Identify and mitigate risks, issues, conflicts, and resource constraints affecting release scope, schedule, quality, or stability.

- Provide timely release communications on schedules, readiness, status, outcomes, and required actions.

- Administer Git Lab, including upgrades, patching, incident resolution, access, and account management.

- Track release activities, change requests, and deployment status in EWM and Service Now.

- Coordinate application testing, release validation, production readiness, and post-deployment verification.

- Improve release and configuration management processes, tools, documentation, and training.

Job-Specific

Minimum Requirements:

- Active Secret clearance is required.

- Due to contract requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens; candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.

- Minimum of 7 years of experience in release management, Dev Ops, configuration management, or a related technical role.
- Experience managing enterprise-level software builds, releases, and deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments.

- Experience with version control, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile or Dev Sec Ops  methodologies.
- Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and cross functional coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent releases and priorities.

- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance for daily onsite work and on-call requirements.

- This contract supports systems that require 24x7x365 uptime. Candidates must be willing and able to meet recall requirements, including participation in a rotational on-call schedule.

Preferred Skills and

Qualifications:

- Experience administering Git Lab or supporting Git Lab upgrades, patching, access, and account management.

- Experience with Urban Code Deploy, Jazz Engineering Workflow Management (EWM), Remedy, or Service Now.#techjobs #clearance #veterans

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Minimum Requirements

TCS
123, T3, Band 6

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