Release Manager (TS/SCI Clearance Required with agreement to obtain CI Poly)
North Point Technology · Gaithersburg, MD · Yesterday
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
Responsibilities
- Drive the delivery of innovative software solutions supporting national security missions.
- Develop and execute integrated release plans across multiple Agile teams.
- Cookordination release readiness across planning, integration, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Manage schedules, dependencies, and risks.
- Facilitate release planning and Go/No-Go decision reviews.
- Facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
- Coach teams on Agile principles, remove impediments, and partner with Product Managers to maintain healthy backlogs.
- Cooordinating cross-team dependencies and supporting Program Increment (PI) Planning.
- Supporting DoD or Intelligence Community programs.
Requirements
- Release management across multiple Agile teams, including integration, testing, and deployment coordination.
- Serving as Scrum Master facilitating Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, and Backlog Refinement.
- Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean methodologies.
- DevSecOps and CI/CD environments.
- Jira and Confluence, or similar Agile lifecycle management tools.
- Cooordinating cross-team dependencies and supporting Program Increment (PI) Planning.
- Supporting mission systems within the Intelligence Community.
- SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Release Train Engineer (RTE), or SAFe Agilist certification.
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or PMP certification.
Qualifications
- Active Top Secret/SCI (TS/SCI) security clearance.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
- US citizenship (required per contract).
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Advanced CSM (A-CSM), or Certified Scrum Professional (CSP).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
Benefits
North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!
We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.
At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance.
We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.