Release Manager

Job Title:
Release Manager
Clearance Required:
Public Trust
Work Location:
Hybrid

The Release Manager / Change and Release Governance Manager will support by coordinating, tracking, and governing releases, deployments, production changes, and related configuration management activities across supported environments. The role will support cloud-based and Dev Sec Ops -enabled operations, including CI/CD pipeline coordination, release readiness, change documentation, deployment tracking, stakeholder communication, and post-release validation.

Support operational environments, delivery platforms, pipelines, second-tier support, cloud Infrastructure as Code, application automation, database operations, monitoring, vulnerability management, and application upgrades. The program also supports Dev Sec Ops , CI/CD, SRE, cloud migration, application automation, cloud automation, and operational support across development, test, and production environments.

• Manage and coordinate release and change activities across supported development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Maintain and communicate release calendars, deployment schedules, change windows, implementation plans, and release status.
• Coordinate with Dev Ops, cloud operations, application automation, database, security, system administration, and SRE teams to ensure release readiness.
• Support CI/CD pipeline-based release activities, including tracking pipeline readiness, deployment dependencies, approvals, and implementation status.
• Ensure release and change activities follow approved governance processes, including required reviews, approvals, documentation, and separation of duties.
• Track production changes, deployment outcomes, rollback needs, failed changes, emergency changes, and post-release issues.
• Support change advisory board or equivalent governance activities by preparing change summaries, meeting inputs, action items, and decision records.
• Coordinate release impact assessments across application, cloud infrastructure, database, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, and operational support teams.
• Support release planning for application upgrades, COTS package updates, vulnerability remediation deployments, database changes, infrastructure changes, and automation updates.
• Document release procedures, deployment dependencies, implementation steps, validation results, risks, issues, and lessons learned.
• Work with Dev Ops and operations teams to promote repeatable, automated, and controlled deployment practices.
• Support post-release validation, issue tracking, and communication with Government stakeholders and technical teams.
• Maintain release and change records in program-approved repositories, tools, or tracking systems.
• Provide regular release/change metrics, status updates, risks, blockers, and recommendations to program leadership.

• Experience coordinating releases, deployments, or production changes in an IT operations, Dev Ops, cloud, or application support environment.
• Understanding of change management, release management, configuration management, and deployment governance practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, application deployment workflows, Dev Ops tools, and infrastructure automation concepts.
• Ability to coordinate across technical teams, including Dev Ops, cloud, database, security, application, infrastructure, and operations stakeholders.
• Strong documentation skills, including release plans, change records, deployment steps, implementation summaries, and post-release notes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, track dependencies, and communicate release risks clearly.
• Experience supporting federal or regulated environments is preferred.
• Experience with Government IT operations environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with Agile/Kanban delivery practices, sprint coordination, or operational backlog tracking is preferred.

• CI/CD pipeline concepts and release automation
• Azure Dev Ops, Git-based workflows, or similar Dev Ops platforms
• Cloud operations and AWS-based environments
• Infrastructure as Code and configuration management concepts
• Deployment tracking and change documentation tools
• Monitoring and observability concepts, including Splunk or similar tools
• Vulnerability remediation release coordination
• Database change coordination and deployment dependencies
• SRE practices, including root cause analysis and operational improvement
• Release calendar and deployment…