MES Release Manager

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $128k - $173.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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General Dynamics Information Technology

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1954

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

General Dynamics Information Technology is a company at the forefront of technological innovation, offering a wide range of services including consulting, digital modernization, and application services. The company is heavily involved in implementing solutions related to artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, and quantum technologies. GDIT is committed to supporting government and defense sectors, providing mission-critical services such as logistics and supply chain management, intelligence, and homeland security. The company also focuses on diverse and inclusive hiring practices and actively promotes employee well-being. Through its digital accelerator solutions and pioneering use of emerging technologies, GDIT aims to propel agencies' missions forward and address complex technological challenges.

📋 Description

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

🎯 Requirements

• 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: Prior experience as a release manager on MES/MMIS systems

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages • 401K with company match • Paid time off including vacation, sick, personal time, and holidays • Paid parental leave • Paid military, bereavement, and jury duty leave • 15 days of paid leave per calendar year plus 10 paid holidays