Senior Release Manager

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Steampunk is seeking a Senior Release Manager to own the full release lifecycle within an Agile team. You will schedule, coordinate, plan, and control delivery in collaboration with the government counterpart, acting as the main liaison between development and production support for releases.

The role emphasizes strong PM skills and release management experience with cloud tech, working closely with cross-functional teams to optimize processes and ensure on-time deployments.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a technical discipline.
• 5+ years of Release Management experience with similar responsibilities.
• 3+ years as an Analyst or Developer on Agile Scrum projects.
• Government experience or prior government clients.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain government security clearance.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle and project management principles.

Responsabilidades

• Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities.
• Track risks and issues impacting scope, schedule and quality.
• Measure progress to ensure timely releases.
• Communicate release details and schedules to stakeholders.
• Conduct release readiness, milestone, and Go/No-Go reviews.
• Provide regular release reporting to project teams.
• Collaborate with development staff to resolve build problems.
• Document issues and drive process or automation improvements.
• Maintain a release repository with build, dependencies, and notifications.

Conocimientos

Release management

Agile Scrum

Project management

JIRA/Confluence

Cross-functional coordination

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Herramientas

JIRA

Confluence

Descripción del empleo

Overview

As a Steampunk Senior Release Manager, you will be an integral part of an Agile team working closely with the project manager and development teams. You will own the complete release lifecycle which includes being responsible for scheduling, coordinating, planning, and controlling the delivery process in collaboration with your government counterpart. The Release Manager is the major liaison between application development and government production support teams for release management. The Release Manager will manage and optimize the release process in conjunction with the application development teams. The ideal candidate will have strong Project Management skills as well as release management experience with cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities
• Track risks and issues that affect release scope, schedule, and quality
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered on time
• Communicate release details, expectations, and schedules to the business as required
• Conduct release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business Go/No-Go reviews
• Provide regular release reporting to stakeholders and project team
• Work closely with development staff to resolve build problems and merge conflicts
• Continually work towards making improvements in the release process by documenting release issues and developing plans to improve process or automation
• Maintain a release repository and manage key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other engineering or technical disciplineand/or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in Release Management performing responsibilities similar to those described for thisrole
• 3+ years of experience as an Analyst or Developer on projects utilizing Agile Scrum methodology for systemdevelopment with scale and scope
• Previous experience in the government or with government clients
• Eligible to obtain and maintain and government security clearance
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Solid understanding of project management principlesExperience using JIRA, Confluence, or other project management software
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional work teams toward task completion

Preferred:

• Experience managing Salesforce integrations along with core development and delivery skills
• Experience with 2GP (2nd generation packaging)
• Experience in the CRM domain; understanding of overall SFDC architecture and working knowledge of SFDCintegration approach, architecture, and release management
• Experience with SAFe Agile development methodologies
• Able and willing to work independently and in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, with minimalsupervision