Release Train Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Department: 60065559 - AFS Product Management

The work:

We are looking for a highly experienced and effective RTE with transformation experience with SAFe in the federal space to help transform the client from its existing work practices. You will help lead a strategic and large scale transformation effort for our client and should have experience with coaching executives and leaders. The objectives of this role is to assess a large organization and create a roadmap for a successful scaled agile transformation looking across multiple ARTs, provide coaching and training on the executive, program, and team level, and drive cultural change by championing an agile mindset. You should understand how to report on agile program metrics and be experienced in facilitating all standard SAFe meetings. Job responsibilities:

• The Release Train Engineer supports and runs the Agile Release Train(s).
• Strategize and lead the SAFe transformation for the organization.
• Manage release progress escalating and tracking, release impediments, coordinating with Scrum Masters to provide consistent and effective support of Scrum teams, facilitating release planning, management of release level metrics, and driving continuous improvement of Agile delivery processes.
• Drive the Agile process and ceremonies/events, assist self-managing teams to coordinate resources and accepted work.
• Challenge the Scrum Teams to implement team operational improvements, drive improvement opportunities through Inspect and Adapt workshops.
• Encourage and instill process improvements, develop teams through effective coaching and by fostering a positive work environment, collect and report progress metrics on a regular basis, work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment, track the execution of features and capabilities throughout each Program Increment (PI). 
• Serve as primary point of contact for delivery activities and release status with senior level client leadership. 
• Provide classroom training.

Here’s what you need:

• 5+ years of Agile experience 
• 2+ years of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) in the role of Release Train Engineer
• Demonstrated experience in launching Agile Release Trains, conducting PI planning, Inspect & Adapt sessions, actively improving the workflow of the train to deliver value every sprint and PI.
• Active Top Secret Clearance required
• Willingness to work onsite in Washington, DC

Bonus Points:

• Federal and/or DOJ or Intel Community experience
• Experience and knowledgeable in DevOps and Automated Testing
• Scrum Master
• SAFe RTE cert or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)