IAM Release Manager (Remote)

Govcio LLC • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

5h • Remote

About The Position

GovCIO is hiring an IAM Release Manager to direct and coordinate the release of Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) capabilities from development through production for a program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role owns the release calendar, change coordination, and deployment readiness for the IAM/ICAM environment, working with IAM Architecture, engineering, and operations and maintenance teams to move capabilities such as identity resolution and person matching into production safely and on schedule. This is a fully remote position within the United States. The contract has not been awarded, so the position is unfunded and contingent upon contract award.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, and 8 or more years of experience in release management, configuration management, or IT program/project management, or a commensurate combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing software or system releases involving IAM or ICAM systems.
• Experience leading release planning, scheduling, and Forward Schedule of Change coordination in a change-managed IT environment.
• Working knowledge of ITIL change, release, and configuration management practices.
• Recognized Agile certification, such as SAFe, Scrum, or Kanban, or demonstrated experience in an Agile or continuous delivery environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate release planning.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a suitability/public trust clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting release management for an IAM/ICAM program at a federal civilian agency, such as VA, DHS, or SSA.
• Familiarity with IAM/ICAM technologies and concepts such as SailPoint, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Ping Identity, PKI/CAC, SAML/OAuth/OIDC, and Master Person Index (MPI)/identity resolution.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or ITIL certification.
• Experience implementing automated build, test, and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineering staff across multiple, interrelated release tasks.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate IAM/ICAM releases from development through production to maintain a controlled, predictable release cadence.
• Lead coordination and integration of development, testing, and deployment activities to support continuous delivery of IAM/ICAM capabilities.
• Plan and schedule releases to avoid conflicts with upgrades, concurrent development, user acceptance testing, and blackout periods.
• Follow customer change management procedures and ensure releases are documented, approved, and traceable.
• Coordinate the transition of newly engineered IAM/ICAM capabilities, including identity resolution and person-matching enhancements, into production.
• Recommend and implement release process improvements, including automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Identify and mitigate release-related risks, dependencies, and conflicts; escalate issues to the IAM Program Manager as needed.
• Maintain release documentation, versioning records, and deployment and rollback plans.
• Ensure releases comply with federal policy, contractual requirements, and agency-specific Authority to Operate (ATO) and security requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior