Senior Release Train Engineer

As an Release Train Engineer, you will...

Release Management

Lead integrated release planning and execution across Agile teams.

Coordinate release readiness, deployment, and production support.

Manage release schedules, dependencies, risks, and cross-team alignment.

Facilitate release planning and Go/No-Go reviews.

Drive CI/CD, release automation, and continuous improvement.

Communicate release status, metrics, and risks to leadership and customers.

Ensure compliance with configuration, cybersecurity, and change management processes.

Manage release documentation, approvals, and implementation activities.

Scrum Master

Serve as Scrum Master for one or more Agile teams.

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and Agile planning activities.

Coach teams on Agile best practices and continuous improvement.

Remove impediments and mitigate delivery risks.

Partner with Product Managers to prioritize and maintain healthy backlogs.

Foster collaboration across development, test, security, and operations.

Track sprint metrics, velocity, and team health.

Promote transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence.

Program Leadership

Coordinate cross-team dependencies and program execution.

Support PI Planning, release forecasting, and roadmap alignment.

Identify program risks and drive mitigation strategies.

Deliver executive status reporting and release dashboards.

Advance Agile maturity and process improvement initiatives.

Mentor Scrum Masters and Agile teams to improve delivery outcomes.

Release Train Engineer Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in a technical domain.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced CSM, or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).

10+ years of experience supporting software development programs.

5+ years of Release Management experience within Agile software development environments.

5+ years serving as a Scrum Master for Agile development teams.

Experience managing releases across multiple Scrum teams.

Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean methodologies.

Experience supporting DevSecOps and CI/CD environments.

Experience with Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.

Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Experience supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs.

Additional Skills We Would Like to see...

SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Agilist certification.

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) and/or PMP certification.

Experience with GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, or other CI/CD platforms.

Experience with Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, or containerized deployments.

Experience supporting mission systems within the Intelligence Community.

Experience with scaled Agile frameworks and multi-team release coordination.