Release and Deployment Specialist

CGS is seeking an experienced IT Release and Deployment Specialist to support our Government Partner by coordinating and supervising the full spectrum services and capabilities during releases and deployments, and sunsetting outdated applications and projects. This position would be on a hybrid work schedule (in office twice a week, full-time, and includes benefits from CGS.

Job Description:

• Standardizes configuration across applications, promotes consistency and reliability, and supports production releases and installation
• Support coordination, tracking, planning, scheduling, and building software components utilizing configuration management tools to templatize infrastructure, and continually monitor and enforce desired configurations
• Supports release management of applications, systems, or infrastructure releases
• Plan and control releases into pre-production (test) and production environments
• Coordinate with all appropriate stakeholders on the content and schedule of the rollout plan, testing plan, and all other documentation pertinent to the release
• Ensure accurate information is coordinated with release packages and update the configuration management system
• Facilitate meetings of Windows, Linux, and Application engineers to ensure the tracking and managing all the releases.
• Meet with the USMS major business application teams and report on system releases and baseline configuration to support deployment.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline), OR 4 years of comparable work experience
• Experience working with the Intelligence Community or Department of Justice
• Configuration management experience on an embedded hardware or software development program
• Soft skills include communication, teamwork, leadership, conflict management, critical thinking, and project management

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• ITIL v3/4 certification and/or SAFe Release Train Engineer certification

Our commitment: 

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting edge technology with world-class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our clients’ specific needs. We are committed to solving the most challenging and dynamic problems.

For the past seven years we’ve been growing our government-contracting portfolio, and along the way we’ve created valuable partnerships by demonstrating a commitment to honesty, professionalism, and quality work.

Here at CGS we value honesty through hard work and self-awareness, professionalism in all we do, and to deliver the best quality to our consumers mending those relations for years to come.

We care about our employees. Therefore, we offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Join our team and become part of meaningful government innovation!

Explore additional job opportunities with CGS on our Job Board:

https://cgsfederal.com/join-our-team/

For more information about CGS please visit: https://www.cgsfederal.com or contact:

Phone:  1 (888) 680-5916
Email: info@cgsfederal.com