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 Experience Desired: Release & Change Management (8 yrs), CI/CD & Deployment (8 yrs), Security & Infrastructure (8 yrs) 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 Job Description: · 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