Release Manager

About the role

Coordinate, track, and govern releases, deployments, production changes, and related configuration management activities across supported environments. Support cloud-based and DevSecOps-enabled operations, including CI/CD pipeline coordination, release readiness, change documentation, deployment tracking, stakeholder communication, and post-release validation. The role encompasses operational environments, delivery platforms, pipelines, second-tier support, cloud Infrastructure as Code, application automation, database operations, monitoring, vulnerability management, and application upgrades.

Responsibilities

• 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 DevOps, 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 DevOps 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.

Deliverables

• Release calendar and deployment schedule updates
• Change request summaries and approval tracking
• Release readiness checklists
• Implementation and rollback coordination notes
• CAB or governance meeting inputs and minutes
• Deployment status reports
• Post-release validation summaries
• Release metrics and trend reporting
• Lessons learned and process improvement recommendations
• Updated SOPs, runbooks, and release/change documentation

Requirements

• Experience coordinating releases, deployments, or production changes in an IT operations, DevOps, 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, DevOps tools, and infrastructure automation concepts.
• Ability to coordinate across technical teams, including DevOps, 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in release management, change management, DevOps coordination, configuration management, or IT operations support.
• Experience supporting production releases in cloud, hybrid, or enterprise application environments.
• Experience working with Government stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps or SRE-oriented operating models.
• ITIL, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, AWS, or related certifications.
• Experience supporting federal or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with Agile/Kanban delivery practices, sprint coordination, or operational backlog tracking.

Desired Technical Familiarity

• CI/CD pipeline concepts and release automation
• Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows, or similar DevOps 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

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $120,000 - $126,000.

Benefits

• 15 days PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays
• Health and Dental Insurance (100% employer-paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage (employer-paid premiums)
• 401(k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit

About the Company

Alpha Omega is an award-winning solutions provider dedicated to delivering mission-enabling technology and strategic solutions. Since our founding in 2016, we have grown to over 700 employees nationwide, consisting of former operators, technologists, and strategists with decades of government and industry experience. We support agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Navy, Air Force, Army, Department of State (DOS), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Treasury, Health & Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Culture and Values

Guided by our core values—Harmony, Engagement, Accountability, Resourcefulness, and Tenacity (HEART)—we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We recognize and reward hard work, invest in top talent through mentorship and growth opportunities, and value individuality while fostering a diverse, high-performing team united by purpose.