Release and Deployment Lead

Description

The Release and Deployment Management Lead is responsible for coordinating and governing production releases across infrastructure, application, cloud, and security domains, ensuring structured change control, deployment validation, and minimal operational risk to enterprise systems

Location: Rockville, MD

Salary: 138,000-176,000

Clearance: Secret or L Clearance

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate enterprise release schedules impacting VMware infrastructure, Microsoft 365 configurations, network devices, database updates, security tool implementations, and endpoint deployments, ensuring proper sequencing, dependency validation, and production readiness

• Manage release documentation including deployment plans, rollback strategies, testing validation results, change impact analyses, and CAB approval artifacts within ITSM workflows

• Validate that all releases have been successfully tested in development and test environments prior to production implementation and confirm monitoring, backup, and logging integrations are functioning as expected

• Lead Change Advisory Board coordination sessions to review infrastructure and system modifications, evaluate operational risk, and ensure compliance with enterprise governance processes

• Oversee post-implementation validation activities including performance monitoring, SLA impact review, incident tracking, and root cause documentation when required

• Produce release calendars, deployment reports, and change performance metrics for executive review

• Ensure quality standards are maintained including zero unauthorized releases, documented approval trails, rollback capability validation, and measurable reduction in change-related service disruptions

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 8+ years of relevant engineering experience supporting enterprise information systems environments. Demonstrated experience designing, integrating, validating, and optimizing infrastructure changes across complex IT environments

• Master's Degree with 6+ years or Associate's Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience may be substituted

• Experience leading enterprise release and deployment engineering activities across VMware infrastructure, network environments, database platforms, Microsoft 365 services, cloud workloads, and security tooling

• Demonstrated knowledge of release engineering methodologies including deployment sequencing, dependency validation, rollback planning, and production readiness assessment

• Experience conducting technical risk assessments for infrastructure and system modifications and developing mitigation strategies to minimize operational and SLA impact

• Strong understanding of Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes and technical change risk evaluation within IT governance environments

• Experience utilizing ITSM workflows for change documentation, release validation tracking, approval management, and audit traceability

• Demonstrated ability to validate successful testing within development and test environments prior to production implementation, ensuring monitoring, backup, logging, and security integrations function as intended

• Experience overseeing post-implementation validation activities including performance monitoring, incident analysis, root cause documentation, and corrective action verification

• Knowledge of deployment performance metrics and change-related service impact analysis to support continuous improvement initiatives

Clearance:
SECRET or L Clearance

ActioNet is a CMMI-DEV Level 4, CMMI-SVC Level 4, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, HDI-certified, woman-owned IT Solutions Provider with strong qualifications and expertise in Agile Software Engineering, Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security and IT Managed Services. With 25+ years of stellar past performance, ActioNet is the premier Trusted Innogrator!


Core Capabilities:

• Advanced and Managed IT Services
• Agile Software Development
• DevSecOps
• Cybersecurity
• Health IT
• C4ISR & SIGINT
• Data Center Engineering & Operations
• Engineering & Installation

Why ActioNet?


At ActioNet, our Passion for Quality is at the heart of everything we do:

• Commitment to Employees: We are committed to making ActioNet a great place to work and continue to invest in our ActioNeters.
• Commitment to Customers: We are committed to our customers by driving and sustaining Service Delivery Excellence.
• Commitment to Community: We are committed to giving back to our community, helping others, and making the world a better place for our next generation.

ActioNet is proud to be named a Top Workplace for the eleventh year in a row (2014 - 2024). We have a 98% customer retention rate. We are passionate about the inspirational missions of our customers, and we entrust our employees and teams to deliver exceptional performance to enable the safety, security, health, and well-being of our nation.


What's in It For You?


As an ActioNeter, you get to be part of an exceptional team and a corporate culture that nurtures mutual success for our customers, employees, and communities. We give you the tools to be successful; all you need to do is bring your best ideas, your energy, and a desire to develop your skills, experience, and career. Are you ready to make a difference?


ActioNet is an equal-opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


Full-Time Employees are eligible to participate in our ActioNet's Benefits Program:

• Medical Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Education and Professional Training
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Referral and Merit Recognition Programs
• Employee Assistance and Identity Theft Protection
• Paid Holidays: 11 per year
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Disability Insurance

ActioNet is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.


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