Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate ART-level events and ceremonies, including PI Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and release readiness coordination.
• Serve as the primary ART-level facilitator and manager for the Enabling Rail, helping teams stay aligned on priorities, dependencies, milestones, risks, and outcomes.
• Coach and guide ART teams SAFe 6.0 principles, Lean-Agile practices, flow-based delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Manage and optimize the ART's flow of work, identifying and removing impediments.
• Cook up close with Product Management, Business Owners, System Architects, Release Management, DevOps, Cybersecurity, Test, BI, and Change Management leads to align delivery objectives and execution plans.
• Promote transparency into ART execution using approved tooling and dashboards, including alignment of work items, milestones, dependencies, and outcomes.
• Support preparation, refinement, and alignment of PI Objectives, features, enablers, milestones, and ART commitments.
• Track and report on ART-level metrics including program predictability, velocity, and quality.
• Support the development and maintenance of the program backlog and PI objectives.
• Facilitate cross-team dependency management and risk identification.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7 years of experience supporting software delivery, systems implementation, Agile program delivery, technical project/program management, or related enterprise IT work.
• 3 years of experience in SAFe, Agile Release Train leadership, large-scale Agile delivery, or equivalent enterprise Agile transformation/execution roles.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating PI Planning and other ART-level events for large, cross-functional, and distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of SAFe 6.0, Agile/Kanban delivery, dependency management, risk management, metrics, and continuous improvement.
• Team management experience
• Experience coordinating work across multiple teams with shared services, technical dependencies, and release synchronization requirements.
• Strong facilitation, communication, stakeholder management, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience with Agile lifecycle and work management tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO) – highly preferred, Jira, Rally, or similar platforms.

Desired Skills

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification.
• Experience serving as an RTE, Senior Scrum Master, Agile Program Manager, or Delivery Lead on a DoD, Army, or federal civilian program.
• Experience supporting large enterprise platforms, including ERP/HCM/payroll or similarly complex multi-team environments.
• Familiarity with PeopleSoft, Oracle-based enterprise systems, Azure DevOps (ADO), and enterprise release/dependency tracking practices.
• Experience leading PI Planning events for large, distributed agile teams.
• Experience working in environments with DevSecOps, RMF, STIG, ATO, audit, release governance, and compliance constraints.
• Familiarity with operations across NIPRNET/SIPRNET or other segregated environments.
• Experience coordinating across multi-vendor delivery teams, shared services groups, and Solution Train structures.
• Experience supporting ARTs that include DevOps, SRE, Release Management, AppSec, BI, testing, and change management capabilities.
• Experience using metrics such as ART Predictability, Business Value achievement, defect trends, dependency aging, and flow metrics to improve delivery outcomes.