Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer
Listed on 2026-08-12
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IT/Tech
IT Project Manager, IT Consultant
Job Number: R0246179
The Opportunity:Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical systems engineering skills with big picture execution and leadership to make a mission impact and support the warfighter? You understand your customer's environment and work individually and as a key member of a senior leadership team to engineer, scale, and deliver the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into execution roadmaps and technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.
As an Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer (RTE), you will drive execution and transformation across the organization by leveraging frameworks, including Scaled Agile (SAFe), Scrum, and Kanban. As an RTE, you will act as a servant leader and chief coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) planning, facilitating, and executing Program Increment (PI) Planning, managing program-level risks, resolving cross-team dependencies, and driving continuous flow.
As an Agile Coach, you will drive the adoption of the Lean-Agile mindset through Lean Portfolio Management, Agile delivery knowledge, and Agile lifecycle management tools while mentoring team members, Product Managers, System Architects, and Scrum Masters. You will lead multiple pillars from end-to-end and deliver SAFe training and workshops, including Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, SAFe PO and PM, SAFe RTE, and Value Stream Identification.
You ll help to bring standard methodologies into the organization and partner closely with senior leadership to establish lean agile routines and practices that transform the organization to run Agile at scale, integration and continuous development, Dev Sec Ops , and delivery automation.
The Agile Coach and Release Train Engineer will drive discussions with executive leads, team leads, and management while keeping the collective ART focused and tracking on PI commitments, pace, continuous improvement, and quality.
Join us. The world can t wait.
You Have:7+ years of experience with the Systems Engineering or Software Development Life Cycle, enterprise Agile delivery tools, and managing multi-team Agile execution
Experience operating as an RTE or Lead Coach, facilitating PI Planning, tracking ART metrics, managing risk mitigation (ROAM), and managing cross-team dependencies
Experience coaching, mentoring, and advising technology leaders through a sophisticated enterprise Agile transformation
Experience designing and executing enterprise organizational transformation frameworks using SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban
Ability to lead discussions with executives, system architects, product managers, and team leads within the organization
Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
Associate s degree and 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, Bachelor s degree and 3+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities, or Master s degree and 1+ years of experience supporting IT projects and activities
DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND Certification
Agile Certification such as SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, PMI-ACP, or PMP Certification
Nice If You Have:
Experience with supporting IC clients
Knowledge of Service Now, Jira, and enterprise delivery dashboards
Knowledge of DoD Risk Management Framework
Ability to deliver all documentation on time through the contract data requirements list approval process, including a sense of teamwork and helping to bring the next level of value added to taskings
Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
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.
CompensationAt Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen s benefit programs.
Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
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