Remote Release Manager - Azure DevOps & ITIL Expert

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.; Omaha (NE); Remote; USD 107,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a Release Manager for a 12-month contract with potential conversion. The role is fully remote and compensated at $78-80/hr on W2 for USC/GC candidates.

You will own the release calendar across development, QA, UAT and production, coordinating go/no-go meetings and ensuring compliance and security standards. You will manage release pipelines in Azure DevOps, drive change management with CAB processes, and push for continuous improvement in release

Qualifications

• 5+ years in release management in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on Azure DevOps, multi-stage pipelines, gates and branching.
• Experience releasing .NET applications to Azure.
• Strong ITIL change management and CAB processes understanding.
• Experience in regulated industries (financial services, federal/government, or healthcare).
• Excellent coordination across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the release calendar 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, including branching strategies.
• Coordinate change management, including change tickets, CAB approvals, maintenance windows and rollback plans.
• Ensure each release meets security, compliance and audit requirements, including scan results and signoffs.
• 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

Stakeholder communication

ITIL change management

Tools

Azure DevOps pipelines

.NET deployments

Job description

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a Release Manager for a 12-month contract with potential conversion. The role is fully remote and compensated at $78-80/hr on W2 for USC/GC candidates.

You will own the release calendar across development, QA, UAT and production, coordinating go/no-go meetings and ensuring compliance and security standards. You will manage release pipelines in Azure DevOps, drive change management with CAB processes, and push for continuous improvement in release