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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Development Release Engineer - **Company:** CVS Health - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $101,970.0 - $203,940.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Application Release Automation, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Software Deployment, Enterprise Software Applications, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Servicenow - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/28B5911CFC104FD69F3B4DDAA07126A4/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. * 5+ years of experience in Release Management, Program Management, DevOps, or Software Delivery. * Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, Change Management, and ITIL practices. * Experience managing enterprise-level software releases across multiple teams. * Strong communication, stakeholder management, and risk management skills. * Experience with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD platforms, and release automation tools., * ITIL Certification. * PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or Agile certification. * Experience leading complex enterprise application releases. * Experience with cloud platforms and automated deployment pipelines. ## Description The Senior Development Release Enginee r is responsible for planning, coordinating, governing, and executing software releases across multiple applications and teams. This role ensures releases are delivered on time, meet quality standards, comply with organizational processes, and minimize business disruption. The Release Manager serves as the central point of coordination between Product, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, DevOps, Operations, and Business stakeholders., Release Planning & Governance * Define release scope, schedules, and release calendars. * Coordinate dependencies across teams and applications. * Facilitate release planning and readiness reviews. * Ensure compliance with release management standards and governance processes. * Manage change approvals and release documentation. Release Execution * Coordinate build, packaging, and deployment activities. * Conduct Go/No-Go meetings and facilitate deployment execution. * Validate deployment readiness, rollback plans, and production support coverage. * Monitor production deployments and escalate issues as needed. Stakeholder Communication * Communicate release schedules, risks, status, and outcomes. * Provide executive updates before, during, and after deployments. * Coordinate communications with business and technical stakeholders. Quality & Risk Management * Verify QA and UAT signoffs. * Ensure release readiness criteria are met. * Identify, track, and mitigate release risks and issues. * Coordinate incident management and rollback activities when required. 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