Initial Posting Date:
09/02/2025
Application Deadline:
09/16/2025
Agency:
Department of Justice
Salary Range:
$6,031 - $9,133
Position Type:
Employee
Position Title:
Release Manager (Information Systems Specialist 6)
Job Description:
The Department of Justice,
Division of Child Support
, is looking for an experienced release manager to join our Child Support Technology Team as a Release Manager (Information Systems Specialist 6). In this role, you will be responsible for building and releasing batch jobs and are responsible for the promotion of the code in Origin. In this senior-level role, you will lead and support the development of the Origin system, the primary application used by the Child Support Program, across the state for the delivery of program services. In this role, you will leverage your knowledge to perform complex code design and define both current and future technical architectures for critical Origin system interfaces, with a primary focus on the enforcement module. In addition to planning project priorities and collaborating with program and technology team members, the role includes creating and maintaining technical documentation, conducting secure code reviews, as well as maintaining and researching new release management tools to constantly improve the Origin system. This role is accountable for code security in the Release Management module and compliance under DOJ, state, and federal regulations, and ensures that the Origin solution meets time-critical program demands and regulatory obligations. This position may require on-call or after-hours support for the Origin batch process, as well as the ability to adapt across all functional coding areas when needed.
The Oregon Child Support Program, administered by the Division of Child Support, is part of the federal child support program, which is one of the top four anti-poverty programs in the nation. Become part of a program whose mission is supporting parents to support children. Your contributions will make a difference in the lives of Oregon’s most valuable resource—our children.
You will find that we embrace inclusive and supportive work environments and respect the diverse perspectives, knowledge, and experiences of our coworkers and those seeking to join the organization. We strive to build an inclusive and performance-oriented workplace where all, individuals are welcome and appreciated, leading to increasingly higher levels of fulfillment and success.
This role is a hybrid of remote work and in-office work. Remote work is embraced to the fullest extent possible without interfering with business. There is an expectation of reporting to the Salem office once a month for scheduled team meetings. The finalist must reside in the state of Oregon by the time of appointment. Apply today!
Primary Job Duties (In Part)

Software Construction:

• Develop and manage automation and release management tools along with scripts necessary for the construction, continuous integration, and deployment of software release using department standard development toolsets and techniques.
• Conduct business process and data modeling for unprecedented projects that involve new business lines or introduce new technology.
• Implement/integrate new versions or new software that automates unusual or new business processes that are complex in nature.
• Analyze and correct version issues.
• Lead and contribute to the design, development of standards, business processes, and the strategic direction of the Technology Services section.
• Lead, coordinate, advise, train, and assist other IS staff in release management activities, maintenance, support and troubleshooting of DOJ applications and supported systems.
• Design and develop new architecture for deploying applications to support internal and external customers.
• Research new software development and the best methods and techniques for managing configurations regarding a business’s existing needs
• Analyze performance issues and create resolution.
• Make release management recommendations taking into account cost and performance factors.
• Coordinate conflicting system needs and their resolution.
• Producing deployment, implementation, and run books plans
• Required to use batch scripting languages, Powershell, Python, Jython.
• Required to use Angular, Spring, EJBs, and Hibernate frameworks.
• Programs involve the use of JAVA, JavaScript, Angular, HTML, XML, CSS, HQL, SQL, DB2 and WebSphere Application Servers.

Software Operations:

• Measure and monitor progress to achieve a timely software release within defined budgetary limits and defined quality standards.
• Coordinate processes between different teams (possibly in various locations).
• Contact vendors regarding COTS related issues and resolve or escalate issues as needed.
• Coordinate with vendors, other agencies, external partners, customers and technology staff to implement solutions.
• Keep the Oregon Child Support Program’s most business-critical systems operating on a day-to-day basis including but not limited to monitoring performance, troubleshooting transaction processing issues and resolving resource competition issues.
• Ensure that releases operate as per expectations.
• Ensure that requirements are clear across dependent project streams with an effective release
• Initiating and overseeing the development of technical guides and training for external functionality.
• Manage the development of deliverables into production environments.
• Validate release notes.
• Deployment management of deliverables to the test environment particularly guaranteeing that the external dependent items are available during the test runtime.

Duties also include:

• Software customer assistance.
• Software planning.
• Research and skill development, including: staying current with emerging technologies, participating in professional collaborations, and expanding skill sets for future projects.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience
Research suggests that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they are confident they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. We strongly encourage all interested individuals to apply, and allow us to evaluate the knowledge, skills, and abilities that you demonstrate, using an intentional equity lens.

Five (5) years of information systems experience with release management and script development in Ant, Python, PowerShell, implementation, and support. Education will be counted as experience if degree is in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or if a two (2) year accredited vocational training program was completed in information technology or related field. Work experience is based on a 40-hour work week. (Example: 20 hours a week for one year would equal six-months of work experience.)

• Associate’s Degree (or 2-year vocational training) = Two (2) Years
• Bachelor’s Degree = Four (4) Years
• Master’s Degree = Six (6)

• Software customer assistance.
• Software planning.
• Research and skill development, including: staying current with emerging technologies, participating in professional collaborations, and expanding skill sets for future projects.
• Other duties as assigned