Job Description

Location: Bethesda, MD

Category: Systems Engineering

Travel Required: No

Remote Type: Hybrid

Clearance: Top Secret/SCI

Compensation: Approx. $160K (8 10 years experience) or Approx. $180K (10 15 years experience)

An exciting opening for you, as our next TS/SCI cleared Release Manager to play a critical role with design, engineering, development, and deployment of software for the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) and DOMEX Data Discovery Platform (D3P) Modernization program.

DTP involves a data-centric architecture, leverages cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cross-domain transfer systems to provide cutting-edge data exploitation, enrichment, triage, and analytics capabilities to Defense and Intelligence Community members.

D3P is advancing the state of the art in mission-focused big data analytics tools and is focused on continuous delivery of everything from sprint-level tasks to years-long R&D.

As a Release Manager, you will provide technical and administrative oversight and execution of the release management lifecycle for the D3P system. You will work closely with engineers, architects, operations managers, and government counterparts to manage requirements tracking, release cycle management, system integration/testing, deployment planning, and related documentation. Remote work may be permitted occasionally, depending on client needs and deliverables.

• Manage and oversee the 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

• Understand software features to plan for current and upcoming releases

• Document release rollout plans/tasks, risks, and maintain schedule for rollouts

• Conduct regular release tag-ups/scrums; document minutes, actions, and status

• Track action items across program teams to maintain schedule

• Generate and assign work tickets for release tasks

• Participate in PI planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, and other related meetings

• Coordinate with test teams for release/hotfix testing

• Work with development leads, config managers, and program managers on release activities

• Establish and document release processes; lead process improvement efforts

• Report release status to PMO and customer

• Develop and maintain SE documentation, diagrams, and models in collaboration with the SE team

• Contribute to SE process development for analysis, solution design, integration, testing, and risk mitigation

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies with the software development team

• Assist in resolving technical issues impacting delivery

• Identify and support external dependencies as needed

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field with 8+ years in software development, release management, or systems engineering

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a Polygraph

• 4+ years as a Release Manager, Release Train Engineer, or Agile Product Owner

• Proven experience in release cycles, hotfixes, defect tracking, and production status reporting

• Skilled in documenting releases, managing risk, and maintaining release schedules

• Ability to lead release meetings and team execution for on-time delivery

• Familiar with Agile processes and scrum facilitation (Planning, Retrospective, Backlog Refinement, Review/Demo)

• Experience with documentation/ticketing tools (e.g., GitLab, Jira, Confluence)

• Understanding of systems engineering concepts and applying them to software release

• Familiar with GitFlow and CI/CD tools (GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo)

• Experience leading technical teams

• Strong verbal and written communication skills; effective cross-functional collaboration

• Software development/coding experience with Python, Java, or React

• Domain knowledge in data processing

• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) certification (e.g., SAFe Agilist)

• Experience with creating design packages and workflows

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