Release Management Coordinator

TalentRemedy • Washington, DC

4d • $130,000 - $135,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Release Management Coordinator plans, coordinates, and tracks software releases for the Department of Veterans Affairs iFAMS (Momentum) Operations & Maintenance program across development, test, staging, and production environments. The coordinator works with Agile delivery teams, prime program leadership, and VA stakeholders to ensure approved changes reach production on schedule, under configuration control, and with minimal operational disruption.

The position is remote, but the candidate must live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; the SOW also permits Austin, TX. The role requires attendance at in-person meetings as needed, and local travel to those meetings is not reimbursed. Travel is less than 5%, limited to local meetings; no TDY is expected or funded. A Public Trust clearance is required, involving a VA background investigation at Tier 2 or Tier 4 based on position risk designation. U.S. citizenship is required per the SOW.

Requirements

• FM QSMO Analyst IV qualification: BA/BS plus 7 years.
• Experience with release, CI/CD, or ITSM tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, GitHub, ServiceNow, or VA's Agility.
• Working knowledge of ITIL change and release practices.
• Must live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area; the SOW also permits Austin, TX.
• U.S. citizenship required per the SOW.
• Ability to obtain the required Public Trust clearance and VA background investigation, Tier 2 or Tier 4 per position risk designation.

Nice To Haves

• Experience on a federal ERP or financial system, such as Momentum, Oracle, or SAP.
• ITIL 4 Foundation or SAFe certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage release schedules, deployment activities, and change management processes for approved changes to the iFAMS operational baseline.
• Coordinate with Agile teams, testers, operations, and VA stakeholders to plan and execute deployments to production and Government-designated environments.
• Track release readiness, risks, issues, and dependencies; conduct go/no-go readiness reviews and communicate status.
• Ensure compliance with VA configuration management standards and maintain baseline configuration records and release artifacts in an audit-ready state for RMF/continuous authorization and IV&V support.
• Coordinate post-deployment validation and regression testing with the test team, and support release-related troubleshooting and rollback decisions.
• Identify and drive process improvements to the release and change management lifecycle.

What This Job Offers

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