Release Train Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Herndon, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the senior Agile execution leader responsible for coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains supporting approximately twenty cross-functional development, integration, test, operations, and sustainment teams delivering mission-critical ground system capabilities. This position provides leadership and oversight for Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters while establishing execution standards, planning discipline, dependency management processes, and program-level execution visibility. The Lead RTE partners closely with Product Owners, Systems Engineering, Operations, and Program Leadership to ensure alignment between priorities, commitments, dependencies, and delivery objectives across the program.

Requirements

5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs
3+ years of experience serving as a Release Train Engineer within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment
Experience leading Program Increment Planning activities, managing cross-team dependencies, and coordinating delivery across multiple Agile teams
Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters
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 Agile Release Train operations, dependency management, risk management, and large-scale Agile execution
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting operationally critical systems, government programs, or mission-focused environments
Experience supporting development and operations (DevOps) or operations and maintenance (O&M) environments
Possession of excellent facilitation, communication, organizational, and stakeholder engagement skills
SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and provide oversight for Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters supporting multiple Agile Release Trains.
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 and teams.
Facilitate identification, management, and resolution of cross-team dependencies, execution risks, and delivery impediments.
Drive synchronization across development, integration, test, 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.
Coach Agile teams, Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers on Agile execution practices, planning discipline, and continuous improvement.