Senior Principal Solution Train Engineer

Responsibilities

• Leads as the highest authority on the implementation and optimization of the Scaled Agile framework on the Program.
• Leads Program-level Scrum-of-Scrums to manage impediments.
• Implements the program and release level processes for multiple Agile Release Trains demonstrating servant leadership combined with domain knowledge and technical experience.
• Conducts and leads quarterly program events and activities including Program Increment (PI) Planning, lessons learned from previous PI, and creation of the Release and Build Plans.
• Mentors and coaches Release Train Engineers (RTEs) and Scrum Masters.
• Guides design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer and stakeholder priorities.
• Manages and optimizes the flow of value of the Solution Train and Agile Release Train using a variety of tools and methods to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Collaborates and engages with key customer contacts, Solution Managers, RTEs, and Product Managers to translate business strategy into technology strategy and ensure that capabilities required by the business are collected, prioritized, and enabled.
• Applies advanced Agile, Lean and SAFe principles and skills.
• Escalates and tracks key ART or Agile Development Metrics, to include impact of any ongoing impediments and the associated solution path.
• Responsible for working with the ART—Level RTEs and Product Managers to ensure Feature completion and ensures Features meet the acceptance criteria.

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and 10 years of prior relevant experience
• Experience with implementing and aligning Lean, Agile and Dev Sec Ops  methodologies, frameworks, and tools
• Familiarity with cloud-based environments, modern software development processes and practices
• Demonstrates strong sense of urgency, ownership and operates in a collaborative manner
• Possess requisite knowledge and expertise recognized in the professional community
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Exceptional leadership skills to coordinate collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines
• Experience with widely successful Agile techniques, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, task definition, incremental delivery and the value of metrics
• Ability to lead / manage tasks over a large group of engineers (100+) and coordinate issues/priorities across disciplines
• Ability to manage, train and mentor junior engineers
• An active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date .