Agile Release Train Engineer for Federal IT Modernization

GCyber; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber seeks a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will lead SAFe ART events, coordinate across teams (software, architecture, security, deployment), and drive PI planning and release readiness.

You will coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams, manage dependencies, and track metrics to communicate risks and progress to leadership. The role requires TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570 certs, and a Bachelor\'s degree; on-site in

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 certification (i.e., Security+, CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP).
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• Eight to twelve years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading Agile software delivery as a Release Train Engineer or comparable role.
• Experience facilitating large planning events, managing cross-team dependencies, briefing leaders and customers, and using Jira or Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile Release Train events and Lean-Agile practices, including PI planning, pre- and post-PI activities, system demonstrations, Inspect and Adapt, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Coordinate software, architecture, test, security, deployment, and release schedules across teams.
• Consolidate team PI objectives and maintain program-level objectives, dependencies, risks, and commitments.
• Track feature and capability execution using Agile and DevOps metrics and communicate progress, risks, testing, deployment status, and release readiness.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, teams, and leaders in SAFe, flow, relentless improvement, and effective decision-making.
• Identify and elevate program impediments and coordinate mitigation of critical dependencies, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and integration risks.
• Partner with program management, architecture, configuration management, test, cybersecurity, and operations to align delivery and readiness.
• Understand the integrated system architecture sufficiently to identify technical risk and explain tradeoffs to customer and leadership stakeholders.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-team coordination

Agile SAFe

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

AWS

ITIL

DevSecOps

Job description

GCyber seeks a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will lead SAFe ART events, coordinate across teams (software, architecture, security, deployment), and drive PI planning and release readiness.

You will coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams, manage dependencies, and track metrics to communicate risks and progress to leadership. The role requires TS/SCI clearance, DoD 8570 certs, and a Bachelor\'s degree; on-site in