Release​/Environment Manager; Hybrid

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Full Time Professional Washington, DC, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

VIATEQ Corporation is looking for a Release/Environment Manager to support our prime contractor and our government customer in Washington, DC. The position is hybrid and requires 1 day on-site. This position requires the candidate to be able to obtain a Public Trust.

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. The Release / Environment Manager ensures that application changes move through the release pipeline in a controlled, well-documented, and low-risk manner, and that non-production environments are available, properly configured, and ready to support development, testing, and release activities at all times.

This individual must demonstrate strong organizational skills, deep familiarity with ITIL 4 release and change management practices, and the technical depth to coordinate complex, multi-system release activities across Client’s on-premises and cloud environments.

Release Planning & Coordination

• 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…