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# Government Release Manager (Java&DevOps)

- **Company:** Atrium Workforce Solutions Ltd
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Salary:** £156,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), COBOL (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, DevOps, Release Management, Deployment Automation
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-54EC5727BF4BB7471D/

## About the Role

* Public Sector background
 * Proven experience as a Release Manager within large-scale application delivery or transformation programmes.
 * Strong understanding of software delivery life cycles, release governance, and change management processes.
 * Experience managing releases across secure, restricted, or highly regulated environments.
 * Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment tooling, and environment management.
 * Knowledge of Java Development
 * Experience coordinating complex multi-team deployments involving internal and external stakeholders.
 * Strong stakeholder management, communication, and planning skills.
 * Familiarity with modernisation programmes, particularly Legacy platform migrations (eg, Cobol to Java), is desirable but not essential.
 * Understanding of ITIL Change and Release Management practices."
 * Remote within UK - travel within UK expected as required by project likely to London/Manchester & Birmingham

## Description

Contract Role - Government Release Manager (Java&DevOps) - Remote/Manchester/London - 12 months initial - Inside IR35

The Release Manager (Java&DevOps) will establish, govern, and execute the end-to-end release management process for a Legacy application modernisation programme, overseeing deployments from the secure development and test environments into the client's production and non-production environments. This is initially for internal (new) to external (existing) release processes. The role will ensure releases are delivered in a controlled, predictable, and auditable manner, minimising operational risk while supporting programme delivery objectives.