Senior Release Train Engineer (TS/SCI) — Federal IT

GCyber; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber is seeking a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. The role focuses on enabling PI execution, optimizing flow, and coordinating across software, security, and operations teams within an Agile Release Train.

The ideal candidate will bring an active TS/SCI clearance, SAFe leadership, and 8–12 years of hands-on experience delivering Agile software at scale. On-site presence in Washington, DC is required as the program matures.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 certification (e.g., 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, senior Scrum Master, program delivery lead, or comparable role.
• Experience facilitating large planning events, managing cross-team dependencies, briefing leaders and customers, and using Jira or comparable Agile tools.
• Partial telework during initial development; full on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Communication skills

SAFe knowledge

Agile leadership

Cross-team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

ITIL

Job description

GCyber is seeking a Release Train Engineer to support a federal IT modernization effort in a classified environment. The role focuses on enabling PI execution, optimizing flow, and coordinating across software, security, and operations teams within an Agile Release Train.

The ideal candidate will bring an active TS/SCI clearance, SAFe leadership, and 8–12 years of hands-on experience delivering Agile software at scale. On-site presence in Washington, DC is required as the program matures.