Release Management Coordinator

TalentRemedy; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

TalentRemedy is seeking a mid-level Release Management Coordinator for the VA iFAMS program. The role involves planning, coordinating, and tracking software releases across development, test, staging, and production environments.

You will collaborate with Agile teams and VA stakeholders to ensure changes reach production on schedule with proper configuration control and minimal disruption. A government program background is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Mid-level release management experience across multiple environments.
• Experience with CI/CD, ITSM tools, and change control processes.
• U.S. citizenship and VA background considerations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and track software releases for the iFAMS Operations & Maintenance program.
• Work with Agile teams, leadership, and VA stakeholders to ensure on-time production releases.
• Maintain configuration control and audit-ready baseline records and release artifacts.

Skills

Release planning

Agile delivery

Stakeholder coordination

Risk tracking

ITIL / change management

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub

ServiceNow

VA Agility

Job description

Job Title: Release Management Coordinator, Department of Veterans Affairs

Location: Remote. The candidate must live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (the SOW also permits Austin, TX) to attend in-person meetings as needed. Local travel to those meetings is not reimbursed.

Clearance Required: Public Trust (VA background investigation, Tier 2 or Tier 4 per position risk designation). U.S. citizenship required per the SOW.

Salary Range: $130,000-$135,000

Employment Type: Full-time

Travel: Less than 5% (local meetings only; no TDY expected or funded)

FM QSMO Analyst IV (BA/BS + 7 years).

Position Overview:

Our client seeks a mid-level Release Management Coordinator to plan, coordinate, and track software releases for the VA iFAMS (Momentum) Operations & Maintenance program across development, test, staging, and production environments.

The coordinator works with Agile delivery teams, prime program leadership, and VA stakeholders so that approved changes reach production on schedule, under configuration control, with minimal operational disruption.

Key qualifications and responsibilities include:

• Manage release schedules, deployment activities, and change management processes for approved changes to the iFAMS operational baseline.
• Coordinate with Agile teams, testers, operations, and VA stakeholders to plan and execute deployments to production and Government-designated environments.
• Track release readiness, risks, issues, and dependencies; run go/no-go readiness reviews and communicate status clearly.
• Ensure compliance with VA configuration management standards; keep baseline configuration records and release artifacts audit-ready (RMF/continuous authorization and IV&V support).
• Coordinate post-deployment validation and regression testing with the test team, and support release-related troubleshooting and rollback decisions.
• Identify and drive process improvements to the release and change management lifecycle.
• Experience with release, CI/CD, or ITSM tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, ServiceNow, or VA's Agility) and a working knowledge of ITIL change and release practices.
• Preferred: experience on a federal ERP or financial system (Momentum, Oracle, SAP), and ITIL 4 Foundation or SAFe certification.