Senior Release Train Engineer - Agile Program Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

Town of Aurora (NY)

Hybrid

USD 87,000 - 198,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Lead Release Train Engineer to coordinate delivery across multiple Agile Release Trains and support teams delivering mission-critical ground system capabilities. You will establish execution standards, manage dependencies, and ensure alignment of priorities with program objectives.

The role requires SAFe/large-scale Agile experience, PI planning leadership, Jira governance, and TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

3+ years of experience serving as an RTE within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment.
Experience leading PI planning activities, managing cross-team dependencies, and coordinating delivery across multiple Agile teams.
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 ART operations, dependency management, risk management, and large-scale Agile execution.
TS/SCI clearance.
Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs, or 9+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs in lieu of degree.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain Agile execution standards, governance processes, and best practices across the program.
Coordinate Program Increment (PI) planning activities across multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and teams.
Facilitate identification, management, and resolution of cross-team dependencies, execution risks, and delivery impediments.
Drive synchronization across development, integration, testing, deployment, operations, and sustainment organizations.
Ensure Agile execution data, workflows, and planning artifacts within Jira accurately reflect 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.
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