Release Management Coordinator

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

📋 Description

• Facilitate comprehensive release management from initiation to deployment, including planning, scheduling, coordination, and implementation across development, testing, staging, and production environments.

• Oversee and carry out change management processes, ensuring that modifications to the operational baseline are reviewed, approved, and properly documented.

• Manage release schedules and coordinate deployment activities with cross-functional teams, business priorities, and system availability timelines.

• Supervise the execution of deployments, validation processes, post-deployment checks, and rollback strategies.

• Ensure that configuration, schema, code, and data modifications are version-controlled, documented, and consistently synchronized across different environments.

• Align release activities with Agile sprint cycles, epics, features, and the Integrated Project Schedule.

• Conduct release readiness reviews and organize relevant meetings.

• Monitor and communicate release status, risks, issues, and dependencies to leadership.

• Ensure adherence to VA's configuration management processes and standards.

• Collaborate with various teams on the integration and deployment of system components.

• Identify opportunities for process enhancements to boost release efficiency, quality, and predictability.

• Assist in release-related incident management, conducting root cause analyses, and implementing corrective measures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

• Over 5 years of experience in release management within a complex enterprise setting.

• Experience in managing releases for ERP systems, ideally Momentum or comparable federal financial systems.

• Strong grasp of change management and configuration management procedures in a federal context.

• Demonstrated capability to manage multiple concurrent releases and prioritize effectively.

• Excellent communication skills with both technical teams and government stakeholders.

• Preferred experience in supporting VA systems, Momentum Financials, or federal financial management environments.

• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Agility, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms is preferred.

• Experience working in Agile settings and coordinating with Scrum teams is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible time off benefit.

• Comprehensive learning resources.

• Opportunities for learning and development.

• Healthcare coverage.

• Wellness initiatives.

• Financial benefits.

• Retirement plans.

• Family support programs.

• Continuing education assistance.

• Time off benefits.

• Flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.