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# Release Train Engineer

- **Company:** HUNTER
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Salary:** $130,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Scrum Methodology, Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=87cc6beb73a03176

## About the Role

* 6+ years of Agile delivery experience
 * 3+ years working in a SAFe environment
 * 1+ years leading PI Planning and other SAFe ceremonies in a cross-functional organization
 * Experience standing up or transforming Agile practices in a new or changing organization
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust suitability determination

## Description

Hunter Strategy is seeking an experienced Release Train Engineer to support a new mission with a large federal civilian agency. You will join a team of Agile practitioners and architects to establish and mature SAFe methodologies, cadence, and ceremony structure for a newly formed Agile environment. This is a greenfield program, and the framework is stood up from the ground up.

PI Planning is yours from day one, and the scope grows with the program. You begin by facilitating a single Agile Release Train. As new development teams come online, you absorb Scrum of Scrums, PI planning, and cross-team dependency resolution across multiple trains, carrying Solution Train Engineer scope as the program scales. A team of Agile practitioners and architects works alongside you throughout.

What You Will Do

 * Facilitate a single Agile Release Train at program start, establishing the cadence and ceremony structure for a newly formed federal Agile environment
 * Plan and facilitate PI Planning events in a cross-functional, multi-contractor organization
 * Absorb Scrum of Scrums, PI planning coordination, and cross-team dependency resolution across multiple trains as they come online, carrying Solution Train Engineer scope as the program scales
 * Work with a team of Agile practitioners and architects to establish and mature SAFe methodology across the program
 * Partner with the Product Owner, Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Metrics Analyst on backlog readiness and delivery cadence
 * Work with the Agile Metrics Analyst to keep PI predictability and related delivery metrics visible, * Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC); SAFe Agilist considered
 * Experience supporting federal civilian or defense programs, particularly multi-contractor environments
 * Experience facilitating development teams the RTE does not directly manage (vendor-neutral or oversight settings)


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