Release Management Specialist

Compensation Grade: S22

Salary Range: $-$

Opening Date: February 20, 2026

Closing Date: March 7, 2026

Please Note: All job announcements close at 11:59 p.m. of the day before the posted closing date.

Release Management Specialist. As the Release Management Specialist, you will oversee and ensure adherence to established release management and quality assurance standards to support the successful delivery of technology projects. This coordinates releases, enforcing quality assurance (QA) best practices, and ensures solutions meet organizational and industry standards. The specialist develops, maintains, and continuously enhances release management and QA policies, procedures, and standards in alignment with industry best practices and collaborates closely with technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, reliable products and services that support Airports Authority business operations.

Serves in the Business Development of the Office of Technology at the Headquarters Office.

• Manage and maintain Internet and Intranet applications site configurations across multiple environments (dev, test, staging, production), ensuring configuration consistency using best practices for configuration synchronization and deployment.
• Design Internet and Intranet applications content models, workflows, and permissions while supporting content authors and editors to ensure governance, accessibility, consistency, and compliance with organizational standards and ADA requirements.
• Use Git version control to implement branching strategies, code reviews, merge conflicts, and maintain clean, well-documented repositories that support collaborative development and reliable releases.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute application releases using Acquia Cloud, Git Lab, and other tools, managing deployments, hotfixes, and rollback strategies while collaborating with development and QA teams to ensure smooth, low-risk release cycles.
• Monitor and optimize system performance using New Relic and Cloudflare, tracking application health, analyzing performance metrics, identifying and resolving issues, and implementing security and availability best practices.
• Configure and maintain secure authentication and single sign-on (SSO) solutions while managing user accounts, roles, and permissions to ensure strong access control and governance compliance.
• Configure and develop maps (Pointr, Google and other interactive maps) to support location-based and way finding features, ensuring accurate data presentation and optimal performance.
• Configure and maintain system integrations (Salesforce, Keycloak, Azure AD, Single Platform, Constant Contact, Smart Display and other internal MWAA systems) to ensure reliable data exchange and synchronization, supporting troubleshooting and enhancements with business stakeholders.
• Develop and manage rollout plans to ensure controlled, validated, and successful release deployment.
• Collaborate with the technology development team and/or vendors to ensure understanding of the proposed software design and oversee testing throughout the SDLC.
• Contribute to defining project test plans and test cases, assess the technical feasibility of testing efforts, and ensure testing supports the strategic direction of business areas and goals.
• Lead the formulation of software testing strategies by working with stakeholders, including the design and execution of validation procedures, test plans, and test cases.
• Coordinate and facilitate test review sessions with all levels of development teams and system end users, adhering to QA processes and procedures, and utilizing tools like Cypress for streamlined collaboration.
• Develop and execute automated functional and unit tests using Behat and PHPUnit to support reliable validation and regression testing.
• Develop traceability matrices for test cases to requirements and defects.
• Conduct root cause analysis on testing strategies and provide constructive feedback to the development team to initiate process improvements, leveraging Cypress and New Relic for analysis.
• Drive the adoption of automated testing frameworks and CI tools to improve testing efficiency,…