GovCIO · United States
As a Release Train Engineer, you will be responsible for guiding Agile Release Train activities within a large-scale digital modernization initiative supporting our VA Customer.
About the Role
This position supports an active, multi-team program and will step into an in-progress environment requiring a quick ramp-up and steady leadership.
Responsibilities
Serves as the servant leader and chief facilitator for the Agile Release Train (ART), driving execution across multiple coordinated workstreams (architecture/API, identity and sign-in, UI, and application integrations).
Facilitates all key Scaled Agile (SAFe) ceremonies and program events, and is accountable for the health, cadence, and predictability of the train.
Plan, prepare, and facilitate PI Planning events, including pre-planning, the two-day event, and follow-up readouts and management reviews
Facilitate ART ceremonies: Scrum of Scrums / cross-team syncs, ART syncs, system demos, and Inspect & Adapt
Own and actively manage the program dependency board, capturing inbound/outbound dependencies across teams and external partners, and driving them to firm commitments
Track, escalate, and resolve program-level risks and impediments; facilitate ROAM (Resolved, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated) at PI Planning and throughout execution
Coordinate across multiple prime contractors and government stakeholders, aligning delivery toward a shared milestone in a heavily dependency-driven environment
Partner with Product Management and the System/Solution Architect to maintain alignment between the program backlog, architectural runway, and sprint-level execution
Drive teams from broad discussion toward sprint-level granularity, with explicit dependency capture and risk logging
Surface and help navigate security, privacy, and authorization timelines (e.g., ATO bundling and approval sequencing) that affect the delivery schedule