Release Train Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type
On-site
Location
Herndon, VAAnnapolis Junction, MDAurora, CO
Employment
Full-time
Posted
69 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Nov 17, 2026

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Release Train Engineer

The Release Train Engineer serves as the agile execution leader coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains supporting approximately twenty cross-functional development, integration, testing, operations, and sustainment teams. This role involves establishing execution standards, governance processes, and planning discipline while managing cross-team dependencies and delivery impediments. Key responsibilities include coordinating Program Increment planning, facilitating Scrum of Scrums, and developing program-level execution metrics and health assessments. The successful candidate will utilize Jira to manage workflows, technical execution baselines, and reporting. Required skills include experience in SAFe or large-scale Agile environments, dependency management, and risk assessment. This position supports mission-critical ground system capabilities, requiring a TS/SCI clearance and expertise in large-scale software, systems engineering, or operational programs to ensure alignment between priorities and delivery objectives.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate Program Increment (PI) planning activities across multiple Agile Release Trains and teams.
  • Facilitate the identification, management, and resolution of cross-team dependencies and delivery impediments.
  • Establish and maintain Agile execution standards, governance processes, and best practices across the program.
  • Develop and maintain program-level execution metrics, delivery reporting, forecasting, and health assessments.
  • Ensure Jira workflows and planning artifacts accurately reflect program status, commitments, and technical baselines.
  • Monitor team execution performance, capacity utilization, commitment achievement, and delivery trends.
  • Facilitate Agile leadership forums, Scrum of Scrums, and ART synchronization activities.
  • Escalate significant execution risks, schedule impacts, and resource constraints to program leadership.

What we're looking for

  • TS/SCI clearance is required.
  • 3+ years of experience serving as an RTE within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs.
  • 9+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience leading PI planning, 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 for Agile planning, execution, reporting, workflow management, and technical baseline governance.
  • SAFe RTE Certification (preferred).

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