Release Manager

Matlen Silver; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Matlen Silver is seeking a Release Manager for a 12-month contract with potential conversion. This fully remote role is open to USC or GC candidates in the United States, paying $78-80/hr on W2.

You will own the release calendar, coordinate go/no-go meetings, manage Azure DevOps pipelines, and ensure security, compliance, and audit readiness across development, QA, UAT and production. ITIL change management and experience in regulated industries are required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in release management, build and release engineering, or DevOps in an enterprise environment.
• Hands-on Azure DevOps experience, including multi-stage pipelines, release gates, approvals and branching strategies.
• Experience releasing .NET applications to Azure.
• A strong grasp of ITIL change management and CAB processes.
• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, federal or government, or healthcare.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the release calendar. That covers planning, scheduling and coordinating releases across development, QA, UAT and production.
• Run go/no-go meetings, release readiness reviews and post-release retrospectives.
• Manage release pipelines and approval gates in Azure DevOps, working with DevOps engineers on branching strategy, build promotion and environment management.
• Coordinate change management, including change tickets, CAB approvals, maintenance windows and rollback plans.
• Make sure each release meets security, compliance and audit requirements, including scan results and signoffs, before it moves forward.
• Track release scope, dependencies and risks, and communicate status to engineering leads, program management and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in release automation, deployment frequency and release quality.
• Own release documentation, including release notes, runbooks and deployment checklists.

Skills

Release management

Azure DevOps

Coordination & communication

ITIL

Regulated industries experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow (desirable)

Job description

Job Title: Release Manager

Duration: 12-Month Contract w/ Potential Conversion

Location: Fully Remote

Required Pay Scale: $78-80/hr on W2

***Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC or GC candidates***

Project Details

• Own the release calendar. That covers planning, scheduling and coordinating releases across development, QA, UAT and production.
• Run go/no-go meetings, release readiness reviews and post-release retrospectives.
• Manage release pipelines and approval gates in Azure DevOps, working with DevOps engineers on branching strategy, build promotion and environment management.
• Coordinate change management, including change tickets, CAB approvals, maintenance windows and rollback plans.
• Make sure each release meets security, compliance and audit requirements, including scan results and signoffs, before it moves forward.
• Track release scope, dependencies and risks, and communicate status to engineering leads, program management and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement in release automation, deployment frequency and release quality.
• Own release documentation, including release notes, runbooks and deployment checklists.

Must Haves

• 5+ years in release management, build and release engineering, or DevOps in an enterprise environment.
• Hands-on Azure DevOps experience, including multi-stage pipelines, release gates, approvals and branching strategies.
• Experience releasing .NET applications to Azure.
• A strong grasp of ITIL change management and CAB processes.
• Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, federal or government, or healthcare.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills across distributed teams.

Desired Skills

• Experience on federal or Treasury programs.
• Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code experience.
• Exposure to ServiceNow change management.
• SAFe or other Agile release train experience.
• An ITIL certification.

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at: [e-mail] // 908-393-8600

At The Matlen Silver Group, Inc., W2 employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)