Position DescriptionThe Release & Production Readiness Manager leads release planning, deployment coordination, cutover, and production readiness across AirHub UAT, Beta, and Production releases. This individual is responsible for ensuring application, data, integration, infrastructure, configuration, security, and operational components are coordinated and ready to support successful releases.
The role works closely with Engineering, Quality Engineering, Data, DevSecOps, Product, and operations teams to establish release plans and readiness criteria, coordinate deployment activities, prepare operational capabilities, and manage the transition of each release into a stable production environment.
This position allows for 100% remote work. Remote work requires a high level of trust in our employees, and we strictly adhere to the details outlined in our Remote Work Policy below. Required Experience- 10+ years of experience in enterprise release management, deployment management, production readiness, DevOps, IT operations, or related technology delivery roles.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating complex enterprise application releases across multiple technical teams and environments.
- Experience developing release plans, deployment schedules, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and production readiness criteria.
- Strong understanding of modern CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud infrastructure, application deployment, data deployment, and configuration management practices.
- Experience facilitating release readiness and go/no-go reviews.
- Experience with production support, monitoring, incident/problem management, operational runbooks, and stabilization/hypercare.
- Experience managing release dependencies, risks, defects, and technical entry/exit criteria.
- Experience supporting Agile software development and iterative release models.
- Experience with cloud-native environments; AWS experience preferred.
- Experience supporting Federal technology environments preferred.
- Excellent planning, coordination, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Responsibilities- Develop and maintain integrated release plans, release calendars, readiness checklists, and deployment schedules.
- Coordinate application, data, integration, infrastructure, configuration, and other technical deployment activities.
- Establish and track technical and operational release readiness criteria and entry/exit criteria.
- Facilitate technical release readiness reviews and support go/no-go decision-making.
- Develop detailed cutover plans, deployment sequencing, roles, responsibilities, and execution procedures.
- Ensure rollback/backout plans and deployment procedures are documented, validated, and ready for execution.
- Track release dependencies, defects, risks, issues, and technical readiness across delivery teams.
- Coordinate with Quality Engineering to ensure testing results and unresolved defects are incorporated into release readiness decisions.
- Establish production support, incident management, and escalation procedures for each release.
- Ensure operational capabilities including monitoring, alerting, runbooks, SOPs, access, incident/problem management, backup/recovery, and support procedures are established and ready.
- Coordinate post-deployment validation and production verification activities.
- Lead release stabilization and technical hypercare activities.
- Coordinate transition of successfully stabilized releases into normal operations and maintenance.
Benefits Snapshot (includes, but not limited to)Valiant pays 99% of the Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage for Full-time Employees
Valiant contributes 25% towards Health Coverage for Family and Dependents
100% Paid Short Term Disability and Life Insurance Policy for Full-time Employees
100% Paid Certifications
401K Matching up to 4%
Paid Time Off
Paid Federal Holidays
Wellness & Fitness Program
Valiant University - Online Education and Training Portal
FSA programs for: Medical Costs, Dependent Care, Transit, and Parking
Referral Bonuses
The salary range for this position is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. It has been benchmarked in relation to the scope of the role, market rate, and internal equity. The salary for this role is expected to be in the $145,000- $165,000 range. Where a candidate falls within the band can be determined based on one or more of the following: skillset, experience level, achievements, education, geographic location, security clearance, involvement in corporate tasks, and other non-discriminatory factors. In addition to the base salary, this role will include benefits as described above. Valiant reserves the right to adjust the salary range, experience requirements, and position responsibilities at any time without prior notice.
Remote Work PolicyRemote work necessitates a high level of trust in our employees. To ensure that employee performance does not suffer in a remote work environment, all employees who telecommute are expected to have a quiet and distraction-free workspace with adequate internet, dedicate their full attention and availability to their job duties during working hours, and maintain a schedule during core business hours that align with those of their coworkers and Valiant's clients. In alignment with Valiant's inclusive and engaging environment, cameras are encouraged and can be required to be on during virtual video conferences. Additionally, in alignment with the Office of the Inspector General's effort to eliminate conflicting employment, all Valiant employees are required to disclose any current or future outside employment engagements. During onboarding and throughout employment, employees must disclose any current activities or intent to engage in outside employment or other professional activities and obtain written approval. Employees may not solicit or conduct any outside business during core business hours for Valiant Solutions and our clients.
