SAFe Release Train Engineer | TS/SCI Eligible (Federal)

GCyber; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days of Paid Leave + Annual PTO In-

Extra leave for employment anniversary

Paid Parental Leave

Leave for Military Duty, Jury Duty, Be

401(k) Matching

Disability Insurance

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Training and Professional Development

Commuter Benefits Plan

Parking and Transportation Allowance

Job summary

GCyber in Washington, DC seeks a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will enable PI execution, optimize flow, manage cross-team risks, and ensure timely delivery of customer value.

As RTE, you will lead SAFe events, coordinate schedules across teams, track progress with Agile metrics, and coach Scrum Masters and Product Owners in SAFe and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
• DoD 8570/8140 certification (e.g., Security+, CCNA-Security, CND, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP).
• Eight to twelve years of relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
• Experience leading Agile software delivery as a Release Train Engineer or similar.
• Ability to obtain additional customer suitability approvals.
• Full-time on-site presence in Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile Release Train events and Lean-Agile practices, including PI planning, demos, Inspect & Adapt, and Scrum of Scrums.
• Coordinate software, architecture, test, security, deployment, and release schedules across teams.
• Consolidate team PI objectives and maintain program-level dependencies, risks, and commitments.
• Track feature execution using Agile/DevOps metrics and communicate progress and release readiness.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, teams, and leaders in SAFe, flow, and continuous improvement.
• Identify impediments and coordinate mitigation of dependencies, bottlenecks, and integration risks.
• Partner with program management, architecture, test, cybersecurity, and operations to align delivery.
• Understand the integrated system architecture to explain tradeoffs to stakeholders.

Skills

Communication skills

SAFe

Cross-team coordination

Jira experience

Program delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

AWS

Job description

GCyber in Washington, DC seeks a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. You will enable PI execution, optimize flow, manage cross-team risks, and ensure timely delivery of customer value.

As RTE, you will lead SAFe events, coordinate schedules across teams, track progress with Agile metrics, and coach Scrum Masters and Product Owners in SAFe and DevOps practices.