Senior Release Train Engineer

Leidos hiring for Senior Release Train Engineer jobs in Fairfax, VA, US

Description

As the largest provider of IT services, Leidos develops and sustains large data and technology infrastructures and integrates complex law enforcement IT system for several US federal agencies.  At Leidos we offer engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals and growth.  This role would be serving a federal law enforcement agency from either the National Capital Region or Huntsville Alabama.

Manages and optimizes the flow of value through the ART and Solution Train using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanban and other information radiators. Facilitates Program Increment (PI) planning readiness by fostering the preparation of vision and backlogs, and through pre- and post-PI Planning meetings. Facilitates the PI planning event. Assists tracking the execution of features and capabilities. Assists 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. Helps manage risks and dependencies. Escalates and track impediments. Improves the flow of value through value streams using the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps. Facilitates system demos and solution demos. Drives relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assesses the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and helps them improve.

Be part of a SAFe Facilitation Support team who is responsible for guidance and facilitation of SAFe Principles. Plan and manage the work, and values to uphold while promoting alignment, collaboration, and delivery across large numbers of agile teams, currently aligned in two Agile Release Trains. The first aligns teams focused on enabling operational insight by increasing data discoverability through enterprise search or query. The second aligns teams focused on enabling the operational analysis and triage of data through visualization, enrichments, and analytics.

Primary Responsibilities:
oPossesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
oPlans and leads major technology assignments.
oEvaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
oFunctions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments
oDecision making and domain knowledge may have a critical impact on overall project implementation.
oMay supervise others.

Basic Qualifications:
oBachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems
oManagement, other related discipline, or equivalent experience; additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
o8-12 years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience.
oAbility to work well within a small agile team environment
oStrong communication skills
oUS Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications:
oExperience with Atlassian Software products (JIRA, Confluence, Service Desk, etc.)
oDOD Top Secret Clearance is required.

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.