Release & Deployment Manager- Federal Health

RockITdata; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

rockITdata is seeking a Release & Deployment Manager to lead enterprise software releases for federal health modernization. You will coordinate planning, testing, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and government stakeholders to deliver secure healthcare technology to Veterans nationwide.

This role emphasizes DevSecOps, CI/CD, and rigorous go/no-go reviews, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum reliability across multi-team deployments in a fast-paced government environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS, IS, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of enterprise release/deployment experience.
• Experience coordinating production releases across multiple teams.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, CI/CD, or hybrid models.
• Certification: ITIL Foundation, PMP, SAFe Agilist preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage enterprise release strategies and plans.
• Coordinate releases across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, and cloud teams.
• Lead release planning meetings and go/no-go reviews.
• Maintain release calendars and timelines across teams.
• Oversee production deployments, cutover, rollback, and validation.
• Monitor progress and dependencies, manage risks.
• Collaborate with Test, Engineering, CM, and security for production readiness.
• Maintain release docs and runbooks.
• Track metrics and lessons learned to improve future deployments.
• Promote CI/CD, DevSecOps, and release management best practices.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

DevSecOps culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

ServiceNow

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Release & Deployment Manager- Federal Health

Driven by Innovation and built on Trust, rockITdata is a unique SDVOSB services company that partners with leading commercial healthcare/life sciences organizations on cutting edge innovations - think AI, automation and data transformation. We then bring those commercially tested solutions to government entities to deliver predictable, measurable impact for the American taxpayer and consumer.

Join rockITdata as a Release & Deployment Manager supporting one of the nation's largest federal healthcare modernization initiatives. In this role, you’ll lead the planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise software releases that deliver secure, reliable healthcare technology solutions to Veterans nationwide. Working closely with engineering, testing, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and Government stakeholders, you’ll oversee release planning from development through production deployment while ensuring minimal operational disruption and maximum system reliability.

This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative technology leader who enjoys coordinating complex implementations, managing enterprise deployments, and helping deliver innovative healthcare solutions that make a meaningful difference for Veterans and healthcare providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage enterprise release strategies, deployment schedules, and implementation plans supporting multiple project workstreams.
• Coordinate software releases across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, cloud operations, and Government stakeholders.
• Lead release planning meetings, deployment readiness reviews, and production go/no-go decision activities.
• Develop release calendars and coordinate implementation timelines across multiple technical teams.
• Manage production deployment activities, cutover planning, rollback procedures, and post-deployment validation.
• Monitor release progress, implementation risks, and deployment dependencies while coordinating issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Test Engineers, Engineering Leads, Configuration Management, and cybersecurity teams to ensure production readiness.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, implementation records, and operational runbooks.
• Track release metrics, implementation performance, and lessons learned to improve future deployment activities.
• Promote DevSecOps, automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and release management best practices across the program.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Five (5) years of experience managing enterprise software releases, deployments, or implementation activities.
• Experience coordinating production releases across multiple technical teams within complex IT environments.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, CI/CD, or hybrid software development methodologies.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, Git, Jenkins, or similar release management and collaboration tools.
• ITIL Foundation, PMP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Experience supporting cloud-based implementations, including AWS GovCloud or Azure Government, is preferred.
• Experience supporting VA, VHA, DHA, or other Federal healthcare organizations, health IT, telehealth, or Federal program management is preferred.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Public Trust clearance.

#LIREMOTE

Here at rockITdata, we are committed to following our 10 Guiding Principles. Our Guiding Principles define our culture. They’re who we are, how we work, and what inspires us to be the best. We empower our people to be themselves and encourage an entrepreneurial way of thinking. In our challenging, fast-paced environment, no day is the same.

Know the Why.

Value People Above All Else.

Transparency to a Fault.

Progress, Not Perfection.

Be Good by Doing Good.

Smart People Can Disagree.

Bend but Don’t Break.

Represent Your Brand.

Think Differently.

Be Amazing, Be Fearless, Smile, Have Fun!

Interested in joining something unique? Join us on our rockIT ship as we begin to blast off to the next chapter in our organization!

rockITdata is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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