Release Train Engineer, Lead

About the role

The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the senior Agile execution leader responsible for coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains supporting approximately twenty cross-functional development, integration, test, operations, and sustainment teams delivering mission-critical ground system capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and provide oversight for Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters supporting multiple Agile Release Trains.
• Establish and maintain Agile execution standards, governance processes, and best practices across the program.
• Cook up and maintain Agile execution data, workflows, and planning artifacts within Jira accurately reflecting program status and commitments.
• Support configuration management and governance of the technical execution baseline maintained within Jira.
• Develop and maintain program-level execution metrics, delivery reporting, forecasting, and program health assessments.
• Monitor team execution performance, capacity utilization, commitment achievement, and delivery trends.
• Partner with Product Owners and Systems Engineering to ensure priorities and execution plans remain aligned with program objectives.
• Facilitate Agile leadership forums, Scrum of Scrums, ART synchronization activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Escalate significant execution risks, dependency concerns, schedule impacts, and resource constraints to program leadership.
• Coach Agile teams, Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers on Agile execution practices, planning discipline, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs.
• 3+ years of experience serving as a Release Train Engineer within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment.
• Experience leading Program Increment Planning activities, managing cross-team dependencies, and coordinating delivery across multiple Agile teams.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters.
• Experience developing Agile execution metrics, delivery reporting, forecasting, and program health assessments.
• Experience utilizing Jira to support Agile planning, execution, reporting, workflow management, and technical baseline governance.
• Knowledge of Agile Release Train operations, dependency management, risk management, and large-scale Agile execution.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field.

Qualifications

Nice If You Have:

• Experience supporting operationally critical systems, government programs, or mission-focused environments.
• Experience supporting development and operations (DevOps) or operations and maintenance (O&M) environments.
• Possession of excellent facilitation, communication, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification.

Skills

None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

None specified in the job posting.

Pay

$86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

None specified in the job posting.