Release Manager

Visa Hunt; United States; Remote; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AI career tool

Internal mobility team

Competitive pay

Paid time off

401K with match

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Release Manager to transform technology for government projects and shape your engineering career. You will lead release planning and coordinate with development, QA, operations, and business teams to ensure smooth deployments across environments.

You’ll leverage ITIL Release Management and risk mitigation, with 5+ years of experience and a CS-related degree. Remote work with travel up to 40% is supported, and healthcare IT experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of work experience managing new product releases or related experience.
• Two (2) years of work with Change Management, Incidents, and CAB processes and procedures.
• Working knowledge of deployment strategies and executing release windows and cycles.
• Working knowledge of IT best practices, policies and regulations, software development lifecycle, and ITIL Release Management Methodology.
• Working knowledge of Risk Management and Mitigation.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems, or related field.
• Preferred: Healthcare IT Systems, especially MES/Medicaid Systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a release schedules to track scheduled deployments, maintenance windows, dependencies, and risks
• Obtain customer approvals before any functionality is released to environments
• Align release management processes with ITIL 4 best practices focusing on efficiency, automation, and service value delivery
• Participate in ECCB and ECAB to coordinate release activities with the customer and Modules to ensure interoperability between systems
• Establish a structured release process that aligns with governance policies
• Maintain a Release Listing Document that tracks all planned, in progress, and completed releases
• Coordinate with development, QA, operations and business teams
• Define release scope, objectives, and timelines
• Oversee the release deployment process, ensuring all pre-release steps are complete (i.e., testing production validation)
• Develop and enforce rollback plans and contingency strategies in case of release failures
• Ensure smooth transitions between development, testing, and production environments
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Act as the primary point of contact for all release related activity
• Develop reports providing visibility into timelines, status, and quality of releases

Skills

Application Release Management

ITIL Release Management

Risk Management and Mitigation

Software Release Management

System Deployment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

ITIL Release Management Methodology

Deployment strategies

Job description

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

Other

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Skills:

Application Release Management, ITIL Release Management, Risk Management and Mitigation, Software Release Management, System Deployment

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Release Manager at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Release Manager, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of government. You will play a crucial role in improving, operating and managing IT Systems.

• Develop and maintain a release schedules to track scheduled deployments, maintenance windows, dependencies, and risks
• Obtain customer approvals before any functionality is released to environments
• Align release management processes with ITIL 4 best practices focusing on efficiency, automation, and service value delivery
• Participate in ECCB and ECAB to coordinate release activities with the customer and Modules to ensure interoperability between systems
• Establish a structured release process that aligns with governance policies
• Maintain a Release Listing Document that tracks all planned, in progress, and completed releases
• Coordinate with development, QA, operations and business teams
• Define release scope, objectives, and timelines
• Oversee the release deployment process, ensuring all pre-release steps are complete (i.e., testing production validation)
• Develop and enforce rollback plans and contingency strategies in case of release failures
• Ensure smooth transitions between development, testing, and production environments
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders
• Act as the primary point of contact for all release related activity
• Develop reports providing visibility into timelines, status, and quality of releases

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Release Manager must have:

• Five (5) years of work experience managing new product releases or related experience
• Two (2) years of work with Change Management, Incidents, and CAB processes and procedures
• Working knowledge of deployment strategies and executing release windows and cycles
• Working knowledge of IT best practices, policies and regulations, software development lifecycle, and ITIL Release Management Methodology
• Working knowledge of Risk Management and Mitigation
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer information systems, or related field
• Preferred: Healthcare IT Systems, especially MES/Medicaid Systems.

Additional Information:

Location: Remote. 20-40% travel may be required.

Security: A background check will be required.

Timeline: This is a contingent job posting. Work is not expected to begin until August of 2027 or later.

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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