Salesforce Release Manager

🕒 May 23

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🤑 Sales

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Niyam IT

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🏛️ Government

B2B • SaaS • Government

Niyam IT is a technology solutions company specializing in developing custom IT solutions for industries such as Emergency Preparedness & Response, Natural Resource Management, Law Enforcement & Justice, and Health IT. The company is known for its expertise in Data Science, AI/ML, Cloud Engineering, and System Modernization, providing innovative services to both public and private sector clients. Niyam IT is committed to social responsibility, community engagement, and delivering precise, rule-governed (orderly, consistent, systematic) results. Headquartered in Leesburg, VA, Niyam IT aims to push the boundaries of technology to achieve breakthrough outcomes, supported by its skilled team of developers, engineers, and analysts.

📋 Description

• Release Planning — Own the release calendar, coordinating with project managers, Scrum teams, and government stakeholders to schedule deployments across environments (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod). • Salesforce Deployment Management — Manage deployments using tools such as Salesforce Change Sets, DevOps Center, Gearset, Copado, or Metadata API–based pipelines. • Version Control Oversight — Maintain branching strategies, ensure code integrity, and enforce commit standards in Git‑based repositories. • Environment Governance — Oversee sandbox refresh cycles, data seeding, and environment alignment to support testing and development. • Quality Assurance Coordination — Partner with QA teams to ensure test plans, regression testing, and validation steps are completed before release approval. • Change Management — Ensure all releases comply with federal change control processes (CAB, documentation, approvals). • Risk & Issue Management — Identify release‑related risks, maintain mitigation plans, and escalate issues as needed. • Automation & CI/CD — Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to improve release efficiency and reliability. • Stakeholder Communication — Provide release notes, deployment status updates, and post‑release reporting to internal teams and government clients. • Compliance & Security — Ensure releases meet federal security, audit, and documentation requirements (e.g., FISMA, ATO processes).

🎯 Requirements

• US Citizenship with ability to successfully complete a federal background investigation. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field . • Minimum of 8 years of experience in release management, configuration management, DevOps, or Salesforce administration. • Hands‑on experience with Salesforce deployments, metadata management, and environment strategy. • Strong experience with Salesforce deployment tools such as Change Sets, DevOps Center, Gearset, Copado, or Metadata API-based pipelines. • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) including branching strategies and code management best practices. • Proven experience coordinating release schedules across multiple teams, including Agile/Scrum teams and stakeholders. • Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and supporting automation for build and deployment processes. • Strong understanding of environment management, including sandbox strategy, refresh cycles, and data seeding. • Experience coordinating testing efforts, including regression testing and UAT validation processes. • Familiarity with federal change management processes, including CAB reviews, approvals, and documentation requirements. • Experience with risk and issue management related to software releases. • Strong communication skills with the ability to provide clear release status updates and reporting to stakeholders. • Experience working in regulated or federal environments with compliance requirements (e.g., FISMA, ATO processes).

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Work Hours : Life doesn’t always fit into a 9-to-5 schedule. We offer flexibility to help you manage your work-life balance effectively. • Remote Work : Niyam IT understands the value of flexibility. We offer remote work. • Career Growth : Niyam IT is not just a job; it’s a career journey. We provide a supportive environment for your professional development and offer fully paid opportunities for training and advancement within the company. • Great People : Our people are the blueprint of who Niyam IT is to the industry and community. • Great Environment : Niyam IT fosters a great environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth thrive. • Diversity & Inclusion : We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives. Your unique ideas are welcomed and celebrated every day at Niyam IT.