Release & Deployment Manager- Federal Health

Driven by Innovation and built on Trust, rockITdata is a unique SDVOSB services company that partners with leading commercial healthcare/life sciences organizations on cutting edge innovations - think AI, automation and data transformation. We then bring those commercially tested solutions to government entities to deliver predictable, measurable impact for the American taxpayer and consumer.

Join rockITdata as a Release & Deployment Manager supporting one of the nation's largest federal healthcare modernization initiatives. In this role, you'll lead the planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise software releases that deliver secure, reliable healthcare technology solutions to Veterans nationwide. Working closely with engineering, testing, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, and Government stakeholders, you'll oversee release planning from development through production deployment while ensuring minimal operational disruption and maximum system reliability.

This is an excellent opportunity for a collaborative technology leader who enjoys coordinating complex implementations, managing enterprise deployments, and helping deliver innovative healthcare solutions that make a meaningful difference for Veterans and healthcare providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage enterprise release strategies, deployment schedules, and implementation plans supporting multiple project workstreams.
• Coordinate software releases across engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, cloud operations, and Government stakeholders.
• Lead release planning meetings, deployment readiness reviews, and production go/no-go decision activities.
• Develop release calendars and coordinate implementation timelines across multiple technical teams.
• Manage production deployment activities, cutover planning, rollback procedures, and post-deployment validation.
• Monitor release progress, implementation risks, and deployment dependencies while coordinating issue resolution.
• Collaborate with Test Engineers, Engineering Leads, Configuration Management, and cybersecurity teams to ensure production readiness.
• Maintain release documentation, deployment procedures, implementation records, and operational runbooks.
• Track release metrics, implementation performance, and lessons learned to improve future deployment activities.
• Promote DevSecOps, automation, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and release management best practices across the program.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Five (5) years of experience managing enterprise software releases, deployments, or implementation activities.
• Experience coordinating production releases across multiple technical teams within complex IT environments.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum, SAFe, DevSecOps, CI/CD, or hybrid software development methodologies.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, Git, Jenkins, or similar release management and collaboration tools.
• ITIL Foundation, PMP, SAFe Agilist, or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Experience supporting cloud-based implementations, including AWS GovCloud or Azure Government, is preferred.
• Experience supporting VA, VHA, DHA, or other Federal healthcare organizations, health IT, telehealth, or Federal program management is preferred.
• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Public Trust clearance.

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