Senior Configuration & Release Manager

DecisionPoint Corporation

. Establish, maintain, and govern configuration-management and release-management processes for the ENLIST software portfolio .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in configuration management and release management processes, including maintaining configuration baselines, managing change records, and coordinating release activities across multiple teams. Proficient in analyzing release impacts and ensuring compliance with configuration management standards.

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Configuration ManagementRelease ManagementCMDB MaintenanceChange Control CoordinationTechnical Documentation

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Hard Skills

Configuration AnalysisChange Record ManagementRelease PlanningVersion ControlImpact AnalysisDeployment DocumentationAudit SupportContinuous ImprovementOperational HandoverRollback Planning

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsFacilitation SkillsStakeholder CommunicationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

ServiceNow CMDBBMC HelixJira Service ManagementGitHubGitLabAzure DevOpsArtifactoryNexus

Certifications & Qualifications

ITIL CertificationConfiguration Management Process Improvement Center CertificationCM2 CertificationITIL 4 FoundationITIL 4 Practice Manager

Industry Keywords

Department of DefenseMission-Critical SystemsRegulated SystemsSecurity-Sensitive SystemsAgileDevSecOpsService TransitionSecure Software Development

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber SecurityServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish, maintain, and govern configuration-management and release-management processes for the ENLIST software portfolio
Define and maintain approved configuration baselines for applications, services, interfaces, infrastructure components, documentation, and supporting artifacts
Identify configuration items and maintain version, ownership, relationship, dependency, and status information
Maintain configuration records and reconcile approved configuration items with the CMDB
Investigate and resolve discrepancies among source repositories, deployment environments, release records, inventories, and CMDB data
Prepare configuration summaries and baseline status for reporting, audits, release reviews, and operational support
Maintain change records and ensure approved changes are traceable from request and authorization through implementation and validation
Coordinate configuration-control and change-control activities with Government representatives and program governance bodies
Support change-control board reviews with impact assessments, dependency information, implementation plans, rollback plans, and decision materials
Analyze proposed releases for technical, operational, security, interface, data, training, documentation, and scheduling impacts
Develop and maintain integrated release plans, schedules, readiness criteria, dependencies, approval points, and implementation milestones
Coordinate release activities across development, testing, cybersecurity, infrastructure, database, cloud, network, training, service management, and operations teams
Maintain source and version descriptions, known-defect lists, bills of materials, build instructions, installation procedures, deployment instructions, configuration guidance, validation steps, and rollback procedures
Assemble complete, approved, reproducible, and traceable release packages
Coordinate release-readiness reviews and release approvals
Support deployment scheduling, implementation coordination, status communication, issue escalation, and post-deployment validation
Coordinate rollback or recovery activities when acceptance criteria are not met
Manage operational handover and provide support teams with procedures, configuration information, known issues, contacts, and troubleshooting guidance
Ensure implemented releases and configuration changes are accurately reflected in the CMDB and supporting records
Track release metrics, configuration discrepancies, unauthorized changes, failed changes, rollback activity, known defects, and improvement actions
Support audits, assessments, inspections, and reviews by producing traceable configuration and release evidence
Participate in sprint planning, release planning, demonstrations, retrospectives, and program-governance activities
Promote continuous improvement of configuration control, release quality, CMDB accuracy, documentation, and operational transition

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Secret clearance or higher
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent permitted by the applicable labor category
At least eight years of relevant professional experience
Experience performing configuration analysis
Experience establishing, maintaining, or controlling configuration baselines
Experience maintaining or reconciling configuration data in a CMDB
Experience planning and coordinating software or technology releases
Experience preparing and maintaining technical documentation
Experience managing change records, configuration items, versions, dependencies, or release artifacts
Ability to analyze release impacts across applications, interfaces, data, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, training, and operations
Ability to maintain source and version descriptions, known-defect lists, bills of materials, configuration summaries, and build or deployment documentation
Ability to coordinate release approvals, implementation activities, validation, rollback planning, and operational handover
Ability to maintain accurate, complete, and auditable configuration and release records
Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, technical documentation, and stakeholder-communication skills
Ability to collaborate effectively with Government representatives, developers, testers, cybersecurity personnel, infrastructure teams, service-management teams, and operations personnel
Preferred: ITIL certification or recognized configuration-management certification
Preferred: ITIL 4 Foundation, ITIL 4 Practice Manager, or an advanced ITIL credential
Preferred: Configuration Management Process Improvement Center certification, CM2 certification, or another recognized configuration-management credential
Preferred: Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense software-development, modernization, or information-technology programs
Preferred: Experience supporting mission-critical, regulated, security-sensitive, or high-availability systems
Preferred: Experience with ServiceNow CMDB, BMC Helix, Jira Service Management, or comparable configuration-management platforms
Preferred: Experience with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Artifactory, Nexus, or comparable source-code and artifact-management platforms
Preferred: Experience with automated build, CI/CD, deployment, and release-management pipelines
Preferred: Experience preparing bills of materials or software bills of materials
Preferred: Experience supporting configuration-control boards, change-advisory boards, release-readiness reviews, or formal Government approval processes
Preferred: Experience with baseline audits, configuration-status accounting, physical configuration audits, or functional configuration audits
Preferred: Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, systems-engineering, service-transition, and secure software-development practices
Preferred: Familiarity with DoD security requirements, DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides, software supply-chain controls, and release governance
Preferred: Experience coordinating production deployments, operational handovers, rollback activities, and post-implementation reviews

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer
Pay transparency protections
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