Release​/Environment Manager

Release/Environment Manager

Koniag IT Systems, LLC a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Release/Environment Manager to support KITS and our government customer in Washington, DC. The position is hybrid, requires 1 day onsite. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust. We offer competitive compensation and an extraordinary benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401K with company matching, flexible spending accounts, paid holidays, three weeks paid time off, and more.

The Release/Environment Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the controlled release and deployment of application changes across Client's enterprise environment, and for maintaining the availability, integrity, and readiness of Client's non-production and production application environments. This individual serves as the central coordination point for all application release activities and environment management functions across the enterprise. This role requires a disciplined, process-oriented professional with strong technical knowledge of enterprise application environments, release management methodologies, and environment lifecycle management practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the central coordinator for all application release activities across Client's enterprise environment, maintaining a current and accurate release calendar
• Lead release planning activities, including release scoping, scheduling, dependency mapping, and risk assessment for all planned application changes
• Coordinate with application teams, infrastructure teams, the Service Management Lead, and the Applications & Integration Lead on release planning and scheduling
• Develop and maintain release plans, deployment runbooks, and rollback procedures for all planned releases
• Facilitate release readiness reviews to validate that releases are fully prepared, tested, and approved prior to production deployment
• Maintain accurate release records, release calendars, and deployment documentation in the Government ITSM platform
• Coordinate with the Government COR and TPOC on release scheduling and approval activities as directed by the Applications & Integration Lead

Release Execution & Deployment Management:

• Coordinate and oversee execution of application releases across Client's enterprise environment, ensuring controlled and well-managed deployment
• Serve as the release execution coordinator during scheduled release windows, managing deployment activities, stakeholder communications, and real-time issue resolution
• Maintain on-call availability for scheduled release windows outside core business hours as needed to support release execution
• Monitor release execution progress, escalating issues to the Senior Application Operations Engineer or Applications & Integration Lead as appropriate
• Conduct post-release validation activities, including smoke testing coordination, monitoring review, and release closure documentation
• Maintain accurate post-release records, including deployment outcomes, issues encountered, and lessons learned in the Government ITSM platform
• Coordinate emergency release activities for critical fixes and high-priority changes in accordance with ITIL 4 emergency change procedures

Environment Management:

• Manage the availability, integrity, configuration, and readiness of Client's non-production application environments, including development, test, staging, and pre-production environments
• Maintain accurate environment inventory, configuration records, and status documentation for all managed environments
• Coordinate environment refresh, data masking, and configuration alignment activities to ensure non-production environments accurately reflect production configurations
• Monitor non-production environment health and availability, taking proactive action to address issues before they impact development and testing activities
• Manage environment access and user administration for non-production environments in coordination with the Microsoft Infrastructure and Infrastructure and Platform Operations teams
• Support environment provisioning and decommissioning activities in coordination with the Infrastructure and Platform Operations team
• Develop and maintain environment management standards, procedures, and runbooks

Release Pipeline & Automation Support:

• Support development and maintenance of release pipeline automation workflows in coordination with the Senior Application Operations Engineer and Integration / Middleware Engineer
• Coordinate with the Infrastructure and Platform Operations team on CI/CD pipeline infrastructure requirements and maintenance
• Support implementation of release automation improvements that reduce manual effort, improve deployment consistency, and decrease release risk
• Maintain accurate release pipeline documentation, automation workflow records, and pipeline configuration standards
• Monitor release pipeline performance and identify opportunities for improvement in coordination with…