Mainframe Release Manager

Quick Facts

• Role: Mainframe Release Manager (U.S. federal/national security position)

Description

Plan, coordinate, and manage the intake, scheduling, integration, testing, approval, and implementation of software releases for complex mainframe financial and accounting applications. Coordinate release activities across development, testing, infrastructure, database, cybersecurity, operations, functional stakeholders, and contractors to ensure readiness and minimize production risk. Review release content and dependencies, maintain an integrated release calendar, oversee implementation and post-implementation validation, and drive improvements to release-management processes.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end release activities: intake, scheduling, integration, testing, approvals, and deployment
• Manage dependencies and sequencing; review technical documentation, test evidence, implementation plans, and back-out plans
• Maintain release calendar and status reporting; brief technical and nontechnical stakeholders on release impacts
• Facilitate test and production readiness reviews against functional, technical, security, data-integrity, and operational requirements
• Oversee implementation and post-implementation validation; analyze release failures and ensure corrective/preventive actions are tracked
• Recommend and implement improvements to release-management processes, standards, tools, documentation, and controls

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship
• Suitable for federal employment
• Security clearance/suitability review required; must obtain and maintain favorable security determination
• Selective Service registration or exemption (if applicable)
• Specialized experience: 1 year equivalent to GS-11+ level coordinating and implementing releases for complex mainframe or enterprise applications, including scheduling, risks, approvals, testing, implementation and back-out plans, COBOL/JCL/batch/production-control support, production issue resolution, and stakeholder communications

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off
• Educational benefits
• Moving expenses paid