Agile Release Manager

Description

Job Description:

The Leidos Spatial Solutions Division is looking for an experienced Agile Release Manager to assist with meeting the mission’s deployment schedule for operational software applications and infrastructure for a government customer. This role will support a full range of release management activities, including coordination of testing activities, application security compliance, Engineering Review activities, and special projects that will require individual ownership of program level events.

Primary Roles & Responsibilities:

• Ownership of the release management lifecycle for projects and tasks

• Develop knowledge of the program's software and hardware footprint capabilities across multiple environments. Understand how individual components effect the cloud enterprise.

• Create and manage a release process which adheres to security policies and procedures and fits with the agile mission needs of the customer

• Understand how to onboard new mission areas or functionality into the cloud enterprise.

• Collaborate with team leads to plan and manage task delivery requirements across multiple task orders

• Update stakeholders on deployment status concerning schedule, issues, blockers, risks and mitigations.

• Coordinate pre-deployment and post-deployment activities such as deployment checklists, retrospectives & lessons learned feedback

• Development and maintenance of program deployment and release flow diagrams

Minimum Qualifications:

• Capture and analyze deployment metrics in relation to level of effort, time spent, schedule performance, root cause analysis, emerging trends, etc.

• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build relationships to enhance the programs reputation as a trustworthy and timely deployment partner

• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.

• Ability to manage across complex projects and conflicting demands

• Knowledge of agile principles and methodology

• Familiar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)

• Team Collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

• Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management

• Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance

• Requires BS degree and 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 years of prior relevant experience; OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Service+

• Experience with cloud-based architectures

• Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels

• Experience as a Scrum Master or Product Owner

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Covid Guidance

In order to enter Leidos facilities in the U.S. and to attend Leidos events outside our facilities, employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or maintain proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 96 hours of entry. In addition, we are receiving guidance from certain customers that onsite contractor personnel will need to be fully vaccinated to access customer facilities. If you are not vaccinated, please consider getting your COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact your Talent Acquisition POC. 

About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $13.7 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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