Release Manager (Configuration Management)

Maximus

7d • $110,000 - $125,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Maximus is seeking an experienced Release Manager to support a mission-critical federal program. The role leads release planning, governance, and deployment activities across a portfolio of applications and infrastructure environments. It is an on-site position in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, and requires an active Secret clearance. Candidates must be U.S. citizens; dual citizens cannot be considered, and candidates must live within commuting distance for daily on-site work and on-call requirements. The program supports systems requiring 24x7x365 uptime, so the role includes recall requirements and participation in a rotational on-call schedule.

The Release Manager plans and coordinates releases, changes, software builds, deployments, testing, and post-deployment validation across development, test, staging, and production environments. The role works with Agile, DevSecOps, engineering, testing, operations, infrastructure, and third-party teams, and administers GitLab while tracking release and change activities in EWM and ServiceNow. The position also supports ongoing improvements to release and configuration management processes, tools, documentation, and training.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship; candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.
• At least 7 years of experience in release management, DevOps, configuration management, or a related technical role.
• Experience managing enterprise-level software builds, releases, and deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Experience with version control, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile or DevSecOps methodologies.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and cross-functional coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent releases and priorities.
• Must reside within commuting distance for daily on-site work and on-call requirements.
• Must be willing and able to meet recall requirements and participate in a rotational on-call schedule.

Nice To Haves

• Experience administering GitLab or supporting GitLab upgrades, patching, access, and account management.
• Experience with UrbanCode Deploy, Jazz Engineering Workflow Management (EWM), Remedy, or ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Plan, schedule, and execute application releases, operating system patches, security updates, hardware upgrades, and other changes across mission-critical systems.
• Manage the release lifecycle, including version control, implementation and rollback planning, Go/No-Go reviews, deployment coverage, and post-deployment validation.
• Maintain deployment, implementation, and communication plans in accordance with configuration management and document control standards.
• Coordinate software builds, DevOps configuration changes, and deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Partner with Agile, DevSecOps, engineering, testing, operations, infrastructure, and third-party teams to align release schedules, dependencies, and resources.
• Facilitate TRB, CRB, CRQ, and OCCB meetings; prepare agendas, materials, decisions, and action items.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, conflicts, and resource constraints affecting release scope, schedule, quality, or stability.
• Provide timely release communications on schedules, readiness, status, outcomes, and required actions.
• Administer GitLab, including upgrades, patching, incident resolution, access, and account management.
• Track release activities, change requests, and deployment status in EWM and ServiceNow.
• Coordinate application testing, release validation, production readiness, and post-deployment verification.
• Improve release and configuration management processes, tools, documentation, and training.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Short- and long-term incentives and program-specific awards may also be offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed