Release Train Engineer
ECS Corporate Services

ECS is seeking a Release Train Engineer to work in our Springfield, VA office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.

Job Description:

• Facilitate and guide the work of the Agile Release Train (ART) and suppliers in the value stream
• Communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Release Train
• Establish and communicate annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)
• Responsible for PI Planning readiness and execution of a Continuous Exploration process to synthesize a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs
• Facilitate the PI planning events
• Summarize program PI objectives into Release train PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency
• Track the execution of solution and release train epics and capabilities
• Conduct periodic synchronization meetings, including value stream sync for the Release Train
• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
• Help manage risks and dependencies
• Escalate and track impediments
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
• Ensure collaboration between System and Government architects and engineers
• Work with Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing
• DevOps and Release on Demand competencies
• Work with the agile program management office on program execution and operational excellence
• Understand and operate within lean budgets and ensure adherence to guardrails
• Drive continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience in systems engineering
• Five years of experience in agile development at the agile release train or solution train level
• Demonstrated experience in agile development
• SAFe agile certification in SAFe Program Consultant or Certified SAFe RTE
• Experience successfully developing and deploying capability in container-based services such as Docker and container orchestration such as Kubernetes
• Experience developing and deploying data analytics capability that use in machine learning
• Two years demonstrated experience as a scrum master or release train engineer leading or launching agile release trains
• Demonstrated experience and solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices and understand the unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. ECS promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3000+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

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