Release Train Engineer​/Integration Lead

Position Title: Senior Principal Release Train Engineer / Integration Lead (SAFe RTE)

Location: Hybrid, Falls Church, VA

Clearance Requirements: [Specify if any, e.g., Must be eligible for or hold appropriate government clearance; details provided upon application]

Position Status: Full Time / Contract to Hire

Pay Rate: Competitive, commensurate with experience (DOE)

Position

Description:

Join a high-impact Agile transformation initiative as a Senior Principal Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Integration Lead
, where you'll serve as the servant leader and coach for large-scale Agile Release Trains (ARTs) in a complex, enterprise environment. This senior role empowers you to drive strategic alignment, optimize value delivery, and foster high-performing, self-organizing teams across multiple task orders and integrated systems.

You'll play a pivotal role in scaling SAFe practices, managing cross-team dependencies, and ensuring seamless execution of program objectives — all while coaching senior leadership and teams toward continuous improvement and relentless innovation. If you're a proven SAFe expert passionate about enterprise-level Agile transformations
, this is your opportunity to lead meaningful change and deliver exceptional outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership & Alignment

• Coach enterprise teams and senior leadership on SAFe implementation, promoting Lean-Agile principles and ensuring strong strategic alignment between vision, portfolio, and execution.
• Guide Lean Portfolio Management and enable effective Lean Budgeting to connect financial practices with Agile delivery.

Program Execution & Coordination

• Act as servant leader for ART execution, building and maintaining program roadmaps in partnership with Product Management.
• Facilitate critical SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning
  , Inspect & Adapt workshops, Scrum of Scrums, and System Demos to drive alignment and value delivery.
• Coordinate activities across multiple task orders, serving as the central collaboration hub for Agile Release Train efforts.
• Oversee integration strategies, monitor dependencies, and ensure seamless delivery of integrated solutions across systems and task orders.
• Lead cross-functional alignment, integration testing, and risk mitigation to deliver fully functioning, cohesive outcomes.

Team Enablement & Development

• Provide hands-on coaching to ARTs
  , Product Managers
  , Scrum Masters
  , and emerging Agile leaders to build self-organizing, high-performing teams.
• Mentor other Agile coaches and deliver training on SAFe best practices to strengthen organizational maturity.

Risk, Impediment & Performance Management

• Proactively identify and resolve impediments, risks, and bottlenecks impacting delivery.
• Establish and track key Agile metrics (velocity, cycle time, flow efficiency) and conduct maturity assessments to drive continuous improvement.

Stakeholder & Dev Ops Leadership

• Build strong relationships with Business Owners, enterprise leaders, and stakeholders to influence decisions and balance priorities.
• Promote a Dev Ops culture with continuous delivery pipelines, automation, and value stream optimization.

Required Skills/

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Information Technology, or related field.
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification required;
  SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification highly desired.
• 10+ years of experience in Agile coaching and scaling frameworks (
  SAFe
  , Scrum, Kanban, Lean) in large, complex environments.
• Minimum 8+ years directly coaching Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and leading enterprise-level Agile transformations
  .
• Deep expertise in Lean Portfolio Management
  , ART facilitation, dependency management, and SAFe ceremonies.
• Proficiency with Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Git Lab, and others.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and influencing skills to engage senior executives and cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to foster transparency, collaboration, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Preferred Requirements:

• Extensive experience coaching senior leadership on advanced SAFe practices and scaling across distributed teams.
• Track record of successful enterprise Agile trans…