Release & Deployment Manager – Federal Health

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Design and oversee enterprise release strategies, deployment timelines, and implementation plans that support various project workstreams.

• Facilitate software releases in collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, cloud operations, and government stakeholders.

• Lead meetings for release planning, conduct deployment readiness reviews, and manage production go/no-go decision processes.

• Create release calendars and synchronize implementation timelines among multiple technical teams.

• Oversee production deployment activities, cutover planning, rollback procedures, and post-deployment validation efforts.

• Track release progress, assess implementation risks, and manage deployment dependencies while facilitating issue resolution.

• Work together with Test Engineers, Engineering Leads, Configuration Management, and cybersecurity teams to guarantee production readiness.

• Keep release documentation, deployment procedures, implementation records, and operational runbooks up to date.

• Monitor release metrics, evaluate implementation performance, and gather lessons learned to enhance future deployment activities.

• Encourage DevSecOps, automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and release management best practices throughout the program.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in managing enterprise software releases, deployments, or implementation activities.

• Proven experience in coordinating production releases across multiple technical teams in complex IT environments.

• Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, CI/CD, or hybrid software development methodologies.

• Experience with release management and collaboration tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, Git, Jenkins, or similar platforms.

• ITIL Foundation, PMP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification is desirable.

• Preferred experience in supporting cloud-based implementations, including AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.

• Experience in supporting VA, VHA, DHA, or other Federal healthcare organizations, as well as health IT, telehealth, or Federal program management is preferred.

• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Public Trust clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible work hours

• Paid time off