Release Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

Job Summary : Securiport LLC is a US company based in Reston, VA, that specializes in the design and implementation of full solutions for border security. This includes passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, advanced threat detection and screening, and intelligent information reporting and management systems based on advanced technological solutions. Securiport provides a complete immigration processing solution and analytics to maintain border security. Services include technical analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of Securiports software solutions, training, and technical support to the field operations.

A Senior (Sr) Release Manager oversees and manages quarterly release cycles for multiple software products, and ad-hoc hotfix releases, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery in alignment with stakeholder expectations. This role supervises DevOps engineers, coordinates comprehensive release planning, monitoring, execution, and drives continuous improvement through process optimization, automation across multiple engineering teams, infrastructure management, and security governance.

Essential Functions

• Oversee quarterly product releases and ad-hoc hotfix releases for applications and infrastructure.
• Lead and optimize DevOps practices, including managing infrastructure, CI / CD pipelines, automation, and third-party services to improve release management.
• Develop and manage dashboards to track and improve release transparency, efficiency, and performance.
• Plan and implement security governance practices, including SAST (Static Application Security Testing) and SCA (Software Composition Analysis), to strengthen security across all software and infrastructure.
• Establish and enforce policies on best practices for software development, automated testing, and continuous integration to streamline deployment and release cycles.
• Contribute to the definition and implementation of product release strategies, ensuring smooth and high-quality product delivery across environments (Windows, Kubernetes, iOS, Android, Database, and Cloud).
• Assist in release governance, including risk assessment, milestone management, release prioritization, and status reporting.
• Direct DevOps engineers to monitor and support environment-related issues, troubleshoot defects, and resolve them to ensure successful release cycles.
• Oversee DevOps practice for build and deployment activities, including managing build repositories, code branches, merge strategies, and release procedures.
• Develop and implement automated build and deployment processes, ensuring smooth software deployments with minimal risk to production environments.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and Software Development Team to ensure all pull requests are properly reviewed and comply with release management standards.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner, Software Development Team, and Quality Assurance Team to groom the backlog and ensure release readiness.
• Maintain all release notes and documentation related to code changes and release activities.
• Lead budget planning and effectively manage costs associated with infrastructure, tools, and third-party services.
• Define and implement release strategies and processes to enhance delivery quality and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Conduct ongoing research and evaluation of emerging tools and technologies to enhance security and operational excellence.
• Coordinates release package creation, delivery and knowledge transfer for multiple products.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Required Education, Certifications / Licenses, Related Experience

Physical Job Requirements

Travel Requirements

Securiport is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Securiport is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the United States Department of Labor'sEEO posterandEEO poster supplementfor additional information.

Disclaimer : Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position at the time this job description was written. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and all employees in this position are employed at-will.