578 - Release Manager TS/SCI - Vector Talent Resources, Inc.

VECTOR TALENT RESOURCES

Job Title: Release Manager
Job ID: 578
Job Type: Direct Hire
Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
Practice Area: System Engineering
Location: Bethesda, Maryland/Hybrid Role
Job Contact: juliann@vectortalent.com
Pay: W2 Salaried plus benefits options (Medical, Dental, Vision), 401K, 11 holidays paid, 15 leave days, 7 sick days and more.
Work Schedule: Available: Hybrid or 4 – 10 hour days and 1 day off or compressed schedule: 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM or 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM, we have these options to allow for a better work life balance.


Release Manager - TS/SCI
Vector is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Release Manager, to play a critical role with design, engineering, development, and deployment of software supporting DIA-National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) under our 10-year contract for a Technology Platform contract. We are seeking an experienced Mid-Senior level Release Manager to provide technical and administrative oversight, management, and execution of the entire release management lifecycle. You will work closely with the Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Architects, and Operations Engineering/Manager as well as Government counterparts to perform and manage the full spectrum of release management tasks to include requirements tracking, release cycle management, release notes, system integration, system testing, production deployment planning, as well as leading deployment process and associated documentation. You will manage risks, escalate impediments, and help to drive continuous process improvement. You will have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. While most work is conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and, occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables.
Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee entire software release effort to successfully deploy software releases to production throughout the CI/CD pipeline.
• Lead software release meetings and oversee system integration team execution to deliver product on schedule.
• Obtain solid understanding of software features to plan for current and upcoming releases.
• Document release rollout plans/tasks, risks and maintain schedule for release rollouts.
• Hold daily release tag-ups/scrum and document minutes/actions/status.
• Track down action items across program teams to keep the team on schedule.
• Generate work tickets for release tasks and assign them to team members.
• Participate in program increment planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage and other pertinent meetings.
• Coordinate with test team members on release/hotfix testing.
• Coordinate release management activities with software development team lead, configuration manager and program manager.
• Establish and document release processes and perform continuous process improvements.
• Report release status to PMO and Customer as needed.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with Lead SE and SE team members.
• Contribute to establishing SE processes and tools to accomplish analysis, problem diagnosis and solution design, integration and test preparation, risk assessment and mitigation planning, and related activities.
• Hold Agile ceremony meetings with the software development team.
• Assist with resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery.
• Assist with identifying and supporting external dependencies where needed.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field with 8+ years in software development, release management, system engineering or related field
• Must possess TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph
• At least 4+ years' experience working as a software Release Manager for large scale systems using agile methodology.
• Demonstrable experience in release management cycle to include hotfixes, defect tracking, production operations status, and software retirement.
• Demonstrable knowledge with managing and overseeing entire release reporting.
• Demonstrable experience in documenting releases, risks and in maintaining the schedule of planned releases and ability to lead software release meetings and oversee release team execution to deliver product on-time.
• Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques.
• Experience with facilitating team Agile Ceremonies (Planning, Retrospective, Backlog & Review/Demo)
• Experience with Gitlab (workflow), JIRA, and Confluence
• Knowledge of systems engineering concepts (requirements, design, etc.), systems engineering processes, and applying these concepts to software-intensive systems and release management cadence
• Familiarity with GitFlow development model
• Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous development tools (Jenkins, Bamboo, or equivalent)
• Experience with leading technical teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with testers, systems engineers, architects, software developers, management as well as ability to work with multiple teams to release software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Software development/coding experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, and React
• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing.
• Scaled Agile Framework certification (SAFe Agilist or other)
• Experience with creating design packages and workflows.
• Familiarity with a MBSE approach and tools or experience with framework/approach like MBSE

Vector Talent Resources is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age or genetic information.