Agile Release Engineer

Title:

Agile Release Engineer

K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

• Innovative Projects: K ’s work is at the forefront of engineering, logistics, operations, science, program management, mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

K  is looking for a motivated Agile Release Engineer to join our team and provide Systems Engineer Technical Advisor (SETA) support for the Intelligence Community Customer Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED). GED plays a critical role in enabling the Intelligence Community Customer to plan and execute intelligence-gathering missions, transforming collected data into useful information for the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) users.

In this role, you will have the chance to design, develop, test, and deliver products that support our customers’ advanced systems. In support of GED Front Office, Chief Architect, Integrated Intelligence Program Office, Advanced Ground Office, and Enterprise Data Applications and Platforms. You’ll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams focused on hardware, software, system integration, and data analysis to help achieve important missions and meet requirements.

• Own and evolve CI/CD frameworks to support Agile delivery, ensuring speed, reliability, and scalability of releases.

• Design, implement, and maintain automation for large-scale, complex software systems, reducing manual effort and improving release predictability.

• Facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs), aligning teams on vision, roadmap, and backlog priorities, and ensuring adherence to SAFe or other Agile scaling frameworks.

• Coordinate program-level processes across multiple Scrum and product teams, resolving dependencies, risks, and integration issues.

• Manage release planning and execution
  , including backlog grooming, PI planning, and change management for delivery plans.

• Coach and mentor technical teams, Scrum Masters, and stakeholders on Lean-Agile practices, continuous improvement, and quality standards.

• Leverage Agile lifecycle management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure Dev Ops) for planning, tracking, and reporting.

• Drive operational excellence by improving release processes, reducing defects, and increasing delivery velocity.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph.

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Agile/SAFe roles, with prior RTE or Scrum Master experience.

• 5+ years as a Release Engineer or similar role.

• Strong SDLC and release management knowledge.

• Expertise with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Artifactory, etc.).

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Kubernetes) and infrastructure automation.

• Dev Ops and automation skills for large-scale systems.

• Experience as a Release Train Engineer (RTE), Chief Scrum Master, or Agile program lead.

• SAFe Agile methodology proficiency.

• Lean and systems thinking.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

• Problem-solving, prioritization, and adaptability.

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