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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Release Train Engineer - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $86,800.0 - $198,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, JIRA, Configuration Management, DevOps, Scrum Methodology - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://justjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18007747?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18007747%2FRelease-Train-Engineer-Virginia-Herndon ## About the Role * 3+ years of experience serving as an RTE within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment * Experience leading PI planning activities, 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 to support Agile planning, execution, reporting, workflow management, and technical baseline governance * Knowledge of ART operations, dependency management, risk management, and large-scale Agile execution * TS/SCI clearance * Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs, or 9+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs in lieu of degree Nice If You Have: * 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 RTE Certification ## Description The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the Agile execution leader responsible for coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains supporting approximately twenty cross-functional development, integration, testing, operations, and sustainment teams delivering mission-critical ground system capabilities. This position helps establish execution standards, planning discipline, dependency management processes, and program-level execution visibility. The RTE team partners closely with product owners, systems engineering, operations, and program leadership to ensure alignment between priorities, commitments, dependencies, and delivery objectives across the program. What You'll Work On: * 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 (ARTs) and teams. * Facilitate identification, management, and resolution of cross-team dependencies, execution risks, and delivery impediments. * Drive synchronization across development, integration, testing, 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. ## Related Videos - [The user in the eye of the Cargo1492 storm](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/96-the-user-in-the-eye-of-the-cargo1492-storm) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Applying Agile Principles to Incident Management ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/101-applying-agile-principles-to-incident-management) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs)