Remote Release Manager - Azure DevOps & Compliance Lead

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

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.