Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States · On-site
$87k–$198k/yr
Release Train Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the senior Agile execution leader responsible for coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains suppor…
Skills: Agile Execution, SAFe, Program Increment Planning, Dependency Management, Jira
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
Job Title: Salesforce Developer Location: Remote Clearance Required: Public Trust Clearance Position Type: Full-Time About the company: At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open technol…
Skills: Apex, Flow Builder, Lightning Web Components, Salesforce Development, Custom Objects
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
$83k–$122k/yr
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-ge…
Skills: Federal Proposal Management, Compliance Matrix Development, Color Team Reviews, Technical Writing, RFP Analysis
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
Job Title: Cybersecurity Engineer Location: Remote Clearance Required: Secret Clearance Position Type: Full-Time About the company: At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open technologie…
Skills: NIST SP 800, RMF Implementation, ATO Package Management, SSP Authoring, POA&M Management
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
Job Title: Configuration Manager Location: Remote Clearance Required: Public Trust Clearance Position Type: Full-Time About the company: At VivSoft, we aim to solve complex federal problems using emerging and open techno…
Skills: Configuration Management, Salesforce Metadata, Flosum, Change Control Process, DevSecOps
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$150k–$254k/yr
Job Description BAE Systems, a top-ten prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, enables the U.S. government to transform data into intelligence and provides engineering, integration and sustainment support for…
Skills: AWS Infrastructure, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jira
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
$140k–$160k/yr
Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Services About Us: BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery,…
Skills: Java, Go, Python, AWS, CI/CD
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Hybrid
North Edge Technology is looking for Field Engineers to be part of our Emergency Management Sustainment team supporting 100+ military installations worldwide. The Field Engineers will ensure Giant Voice systems are fully…
Skills: Giant Voice Systems, Land Mobile Radio (LMR), Technical Troubleshooting, Incident Management, Hardware Installation
Arlington, Virginia, United States · On-site
$149k–$201k/yr
Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. To meet the growing demand for AW…
Skills: Technical Program Management, IT Infrastructure, AWS Architecture, Risk Assessment, Stakeholder Management
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$159k–$215k/yr
Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations …
Skills: Enterprise Network, Storage Technology, Web Services, Kubernetes, Docker
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$118k–$151k/yr
Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient. Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world’s most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. As trailblaz…
Skills: Linux, Python, Java, Go, C/C++
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$118k–$151k/yr
Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient. Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world’s most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. As trailblaz…
Skills: Linux, Python, Java, Go, C/C++
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$87k–$198k/yr
Cyber Systems Security Architect The Opportunity: Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud”, but not everyone knows how. As a cloud computing application architect, you know how to create a cloud-based technical architec…
Skills: Cloud Architecture, Cyber Security, Network Architecture, Authentication, Authorization
Denver, Colorado, United States · On-site
$136k–$184k/yr
Application deadline: Jul 12, 2026 Amazon Web Services Networking is searching for hands-on Network Development Engineer to join our network team that owns critical Amazon Web Services IP networks for our public sector r…
Skills: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, TCP
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$87k–$198k/yr
Project Manager, Senior The Opportunity: You know that project managers touch every single part of a business and wear multiple hats: from caring for the client and their meaningful project goals to participating in busi…
Skills: Agile Software Development, Project Management, Stakeholder Communication, Technical Requirement Mapping, Strategic Briefing
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$121k–$266k/yr
Job Title: Web Application Developer with Polygraph Job Category: Information Technology Time Type: Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employee Type: Regular Percentage of Travel Require…
Skills: Oracle SQL, PL/SQL, ASP.NET, Javascript, HTML
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
$152k–$188k/yr
Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient. Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world’s most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. As trailblaz…
Skills: Linux, Scripting, Cyber Security, Networking, TCP/IP
Herndon, Virginia, United States · Remote OK
$152k–$188k/yr
Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient. Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world’s most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. As trailblaz…
Skills: Linux, Scripting, Cyber Security, Networking, Software Development
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$217k–$293k/yr
Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Program Del…
Skills: Deliverables Management, Financial Management, Team Management, Program Management, Resource Management
Herndon, Virginia, United States · On-site
$162k–$219k/yr
Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Software En…
Skills: Documentations, Scrum Development Process, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up Meetings, Product Backlog Maintenance
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States • On-site
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The Lead RTE coordinates delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains and provides leadership to RTEs and Scrum Masters. They establish execution standards, manage cross-team dependencies, and ensure alignment between priorities and delivery objectives.
Requires 5+ years of large-scale Agile experience, 3+ years as an RTE in a SAFe environment, and a TS/SCI clearance. A Bachelor's degree in a STEM field is required.
The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as the senior Agile execution leader responsible for coordinating delivery activities across multiple Agile Release Trains supporting approximately twenty cross-functional development, integration, test, operations, and sustainment teams delivering mission-critical ground system capabilities. This position provides leadership and oversight for Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters while establishing execution standards, planning discipline, dependency management processes, and program-level execution visibility.
The Lead RTE partners closely with Product Owners, Systems Engineering, Operations, and Program Leadership to ensure alignment between priorities, commitments, dependencies, and delivery objectives across the program.
How You'll Contribute:
Lead, mentor, and provide oversight for Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters supporting multiple Agile Release Trains.
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 and teams.
Facilitate identification, management, and resolution of cross-team dependencies, execution risks, and delivery impediments.
Drive synchronization across development, integration, test, 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.
Coach Agile teams, Scrum Masters, and Release Train Engineers on Agile execution practices, planning discipline, and continuous improvement.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
5+ years of experience supporting large-scale Agile software, systems engineering, or operational programs
3+ years of experience serving as a Release Train Engineer within a SAFe or large-scale Agile environment
Experience leading Program Increment Planning activities, managing cross-team dependencies, and coordinating delivery across multiple Agile teams
Experience leading, mentoring, or supervising Release Train Engineers and Scrum Masters
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 Agile Release Train operations, dependency management, risk management, and large-scale Agile execution
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field
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 Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
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Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
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Work Model
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