Test Release Manager

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The starting salary offer will be determined based on the successful candidates’ qualifications within the budgeted salary range of $140,000 - $150,000 annually. However, there is the potential for longevity, growth, and salary progression for the individual once employed.

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We are seeking a Test Release Manager to coordinate release and environment readiness activities that support testing across the One Washington program. In this role, you will ensure the correct code, configuration, and test data are deployed to the appropriate test environments at the right time, enabling testing teams to execute planned activities across multiple agencies and integrated systems.

You will coordinate release schedules, environment configurations, system versions, and test data to help ensure testing produces accurate and reliable results. Working with testing teams, technical teams, and program partners, you will identify and manage dependencies that could affect testing schedules, create rework, or disrupt testing activities. You will also help distinguish between actual system defects and issues related to release timing, environment configuration, or test data integrity, supporting timely resolution and effective defect management.

By managing release and environment dependencies across concurrent testing phases, you will help maintain a stable, predictable testing schedule and support the overall quality and continuity of the One Washington testing program. Your work will contribute to successful system validation and provide the foundation for informed go-live readiness decisions.

• Plan and coordinate the movement of code releases, configuration updates, and test data into multiple test environments, ensuring alignment with the overall testing schedule and phase execution needs.
• Coordinate release activities with agency system teams and technical owners, working through agency personnel to ensure releases are deployed into the correct environments at the correct time, since direct access to agency environments is not available.
• Maintain visibility and control of release versions across environments, ensuring testing teams understand what code, configuration, and data sets are active in each environment at any point in time.
• Develop and maintain processes for release management, environment coordination, and test data flow, establishing consistent practices for managing deployments across multiple systems and agencies.
• Support defect triage and resolution by identifying and separating release, environment, and test data issues from true system defects, and routing issues to the appropriate technical or testing teams for resolution.

• Knowledge of software release processes, deployment practices, configuration migration approaches, and controlled transition activities within complex technology environments.
• Ability to coordinate software releases, deployments, and configuration migrations across multiple systems, environments, and stakeholder groups while supporting successful release outcomes.

• Knowledge of system environments, deployment sequencing, release dependencies, test data requirements, and technical readiness considerations.
• Skill in coordinating cross-team dependencies, identifying readiness gaps, and ensuring technical prerequisites are addressed prior to release activities.

• Skill in building effective working…