Cybersecurity Release Manager Network Segmentation and Remediation

Role: Cybersecurity Release Manager Network Segmentation and Remediation

Location: Chicago, IL(Hybrid - Onsite 3 days/Week)

Duration: 10 months 

Experience Required: Max 8 – 9 yrs of exp

Any Security exp
Network Segmentation

Any Cloud but would prefer Azure Cloud
Proper Release Management exp
Financial Industry exp preferred

Must Have Skills/Attributes:DevOps, JIRA, Release Management, ServiceNow

Required Minimum Education:Bachelor’s Degree

Job Description:

Required Experience:

·        Implied requirement: Proven experience in Financial Services or similarly regulated environments (may substitute for formal education).

Required Skill:

·        Proven experience delivering infrastructure, security, or regulatory remediation initiatives in Financial Services or similarly regulated environments

·        Strong understanding of change management, release governance, and risk controls

·        Experience coordinating releases across multiple teams, vendors, and time zones

·        Excellent organizational skills with ability to manage multiple concurrent releases without loss of control or visibility

·        Strong communication skills, able to explain complex release risks and decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

·        Experience with release and change tracking tools such as ServiceNow, Azure DevOps (ADO), JIRA, or equivalent platforms

·        Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and how they apply in controlled enterprise environments

·        Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365 and MS Teams for coordination and reporting

·        Experience supporting releases involving network, firewall, identity, or cloud security components is strongly preferred

·        Release Planning & Coordination

·        Change & Risk Management

·        Cross-Functional Execution

·        The client seeks an experienced Release Manager to support the delivery of strategic cybersecurity remediation initiatives, including network segmentation security controls.

·        The Release Manager will be accountable for planning, coordinating, and governing releases across multiple workstreams to ensure changes are introduced into production in a predictable, secure, and compliant manner.

·        This role operates within a heavily regulated financial services environment and requires close alignment with Security Engineering and Program Delivery functions.

·        Define, maintain, and execute integrated release plans across multiple cybersecurity workstreams and delivery teams.

·        Coordinate release activities spanning planning, build, and test, validation, and deployment phases.

·        Ensure releases are aligned with program milestones, regulatory commitments, and dependency constraints.

·        Manage release calendars and resolve conflicts across parallel initiatives and shared environments.

·        Partner with technology Change Management teams to ensure all releases comply with internal change control, approval, and audit requirements.

·        Identify, assess, and manage release-related risks, including environment readiness, dependency misalignment, and rollback considerations.

·        Ensure release artefacts (release notes, deployment plans, and back-out procedures) are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.

·        Support governance routines by providing clear visibility into upcoming releases, risks, and go/no-go decisions.

·        Act as a central coordination point between Security Engineers, Infrastructure & app teams, and project resources.

·        Support planning and execution for complex infrastructure and security-related changes.

·        Coordinate testing and validation activities to ensure solutions meet security, operational, and regulatory expectations before release.

·        Manage communications to stakeholders before, during, and after releases to ensure transparency and alignment