Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•Washington, DC

2d•$86,800 - $198,000

About The Position

The Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer (RTE) will drive execution and transformation across the organization by leveraging frameworks, including Scaled Agile (SAFe), Scrum, and Kanban. As an RTE, you will act as a servant leader and chief coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) planning, facilitating, and executing Program Increment (PI) Planning, managing program-level risks, resolving cross-team dependencies, and driving continuous flow. As an Agile Coach, you will drive the adoption of the Lean-Agile mindset through Lean Portfolio Management, Agile delivery knowledge, and Agile lifecycle management tools while mentoring team members, Product Managers, System Architects, and Scrum Masters. You will lead multiple pillars from end-to-end and deliver SAFe training and workshops, including Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe PO and PM, SAFe RTE, and Value Stream Identification. You’ll help to bring standard methodologies into the organization and partner closely with senior leadership to establish lean agile routines and practices that transform the organization to run Agile at scale, integration and continuous development, DevSecOps, and delivery automation. The Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer will drive discussions with executive leads, team leads, and management while keeping the collective ART focused and tracking on PI commitments, pace, continuous improvement, and quality.

Requirements

7+ years of experience with the Systems Engineering or Software Development Life Cycle, enterprise Agile delivery tools, and managing multi-team Agile execution
Experience operating as an RTE or Lead Coach, facilitating PI Planning, tracking ART metrics, managing risk mitigation (ROAM), and managing cross-team dependencies
Experience coaching, mentoring, and advising technology leaders through a sophisticated enterprise Agile transformation
Experience designing and executing enterprise organizational transformation frameworks using SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban
Ability to lead discussions with executives, system architects, product managers, and team leads within the organization
Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
Associate’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master’s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND Certification
Agile Certification such as SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, PMI-ACP, or PMP Certification

Nice To Haves

Experience with supporting IC clients
Knowledge of ServiceNow, Jira, and enterprise delivery dashboards
Knowledge of DoD Risk Management Framework
Ability to deliver all documentation on time through the contract data requirements list approval process, including a sense of teamwork and helping to bring the next level of value added to taskings
Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Act as a servant leader and chief coach for the Agile Release Train (ART)
Plan, facilitate, and execute Program Increment (PI) Planning
Manage program-level risks
Resolve cross-team dependencies
Drive continuous flow
Drive the adoption of the Lean-Agile mindset through Lean Portfolio Management, Agile delivery knowledge, and Agile lifecycle management tools
Mentor team members, Product Managers, System Architects, and Scrum Masters
Lead multiple pillars from end-to-end
Deliver SAFe training and workshops, including Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe PO and PM, SAFe RTE, and Value Stream Identification
Bring standard methodologies into the organization
Partner closely with senior leadership to establish lean agile routines and practices that transform the organization to run Agile at scale, integration and continuous development, DevSecOps, and delivery automation
Drive discussions with executive leads, team leads, and management
Keep the collective ART focused and tracking on PI commitments, pace, continuous improvement, and quality