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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Release & Deployment Manager- Federal Health - **Company:** rockITdata, LLC - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Collaborative Software, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Scrum Methodology, Release Management, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Enterprise Software Applications, Reliability of Systems, Git, Information Technology, Devsecops, Jenkins, Servicenow - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e839a09e81f2f2d9 ## About the Role * 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. ## Description 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., * 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. ## Related Videos - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Months to minutes: Real world continuous deployment and its sustainability impact](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2027-months-to-minutes-real-world-continuous-deployment-and-its-sustainability-impact) - [Enterprise-Cloud-Native - Fast-Paced Development & Deployment in a Highly Secure Banking Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/671-enterprise-cloud-native-fast-paced-development-deployment-in-a-highly-secure-banking-environment) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)