Senior Configuration & Release Lead — DoD IT (TS/SCI)

Tetrad Digital Integrity LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Tetrad Digital Integrity LLC in Washington, DC is seeking a Configuration Manager to lead end-to-end CM and release governance across a complex federal IT environment.

This on-site role requires active TS/SCI clearance and hands-on experience with Agile/DevOps tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and CI/CD pipelines.

You'll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage release planning, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement in CM processes.

Qualifications

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading CM, change management, deployment coordination for complex cloud, software, or mission systems.
• Familiarity with Agile/DevOps tools: Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git.
• Ability to coordinate dependencies and stakeholders across multiple environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end configuration management across dev through IL5/IL6 production.
• Own CM plans, release procedures, baseline controls, governance models, and change workflows.
• Manage release calendars, cadences, readiness criteria, deployment windows, cutover and rollback planning, and post-release validation.
• Coordinate release planning and execution across engineering, DevOps, cloud, data, test, cyber, IA, operations, network automation, service management, and customer teams.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews, configuration control boards, go/no-go reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure release packages are complete, reviewed, documented, traceable, and approved (code, infrastructure changes, configs, test evidence, security scans, deployment instructions, rollback plans, release notes).
• Maintain traceability across requirements, defects, risks, and changes using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and associated CI/CD tools.
• Manage configuration control for software, scripts, data pipelines, dashboards, integrations, IaC, automation workflows, interfaces, COTS/FOSS components, and runbooks.
• Maintain environment baselines for non-prod, simulators, test environments, IL5/IL6 targets, and operational systems.
• Partner with DevOps to ensure CI/CD pipelines support controlled promotion with proper versioning, approval gates, automated tests, and artifact retention.
• Coordinate DoD-aligned security requirements, STIG configurations, vulnerability remediation, privileged access controls, and audit evidence.
• Manage release impacts across mission-critical capabilities (event processing, monitoring, cyber, automation, analytics, integrations).
• Oversee release and configuration coordination for AWS IL5/IL6 platforms and tools such as Elastic/Kibana, Kafka, Logstash, Databricks, ServiceNow, Watson AIOps, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and network/cyber data sources.
• Identify and manage release risks, dependencies, blockers, environment constraints, and coordination gaps.
• Provide timely status reporting on scope, readiness, risks, defects, deployment progress, and outcomes.
• Develop release dashboards, metrics, decision briefs, and health indicators.
• Support audits, customer reviews, engineering reviews, and readiness assessments through accurate CM records and release evidence.
• Drive continuous improvement of CM and release processes.
• Provide CM and release training, mentoring, and guidance across engineering and operations teams.
• Coordinate with external partners and adjacent systems on integration planning, data dependencies, release alignment, and interoperability.

Skills

CM Release Management

Cross-Functional Leadership

Agile/DevOps

Communication & Coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket/Git

Job description

Tetrad Digital Integrity LLC in Washington, DC is seeking a Configuration Manager to lead end-to-end CM and release governance across a complex federal IT environment.

This on-site role requires active TS/SCI clearance and hands-on experience with Agile/DevOps tools such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and CI/CD pipelines.

You'll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage release planning, ensure regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement in CM processes.