Release Train Engineer / DevOps Systems Lead
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VetsEZFederal Government / IT
The candidate must reside within the continental US.Full-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Experience
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in large-scale software delivery, with at least 3 years in an RTE, Program Manager, or similar leadership role in a SAFe environment.
- Required Skills
- AWSDockerJenkinsKubernetesCI/CDDevOps
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 7 years of experience in large-scale software delivery.
- At least 3 years in an RTE, Program Manager, or similar leadership role in a SAFe environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading an Agile Release Train or equivalent multi-team program using the SAFe framework.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, build and release management, and platform operations.
- Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI; artifact repositories; containerization (Docker/Kubernetes); and cloud platforms (AWS).
- Familiarity with InterSystems IRIS or similar enterprise platforms.
- Ability to facilitate large-scale planning events, manage cross-team dependencies, and resolve impediments in complex environments.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience supporting large-scale software development, data integration, or healthcare IT projects.
- Expertise with the SAFe framework.
- Ability to obtain a Government clearance.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Agile Release Train, facilitating key SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and backlog refinement.
- Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams on SAFe principles, flow, and continuous improvement practices.
- Drive program-level execution, tracking progress toward PI objectives and managing risks, issues, and dependencies across teams.
- Collaborate with Product Management, System Architects, and stakeholders to ensure alignment of vision, roadmap, and program backlog.
- Lead and mentor the DevOps Systems Team responsible for CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and shared platform services.
- Prioritize and manage the team backlog to balance feature delivery, platform reliability, technical debt reduction, and automation initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-team release planning and execution, ensuring alignment of release schedules, feature readiness, and environment availability.
- Establish and monitor ART and DevOps flow metrics, including throughput, lead time, MTTR, deployment frequency, and change failure rate, to guide improvement efforts.
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise briefings and status reports to senior leadership, identifying key achievements, risks, and decision points.
- Align with other RTEs, program managers, and vendor partners to coordinate dependencies across trains, contracts, and external systems.
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