SAFe AGILE COACH - Release Train Engineer -HYBRID Security Clearance

Skills

• Agile Framework
• IT Leadership
• Leadership
• SAFe
• Scrum (Agile)

Release Train Engineer / Integration Lead.

• Strategic Leadership and Alignment – Lead and coach teams at the enterprise level to implement SAFe practices, working with leadership to ensure strategic alignment with Agile values.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to guide the organization through SAFe’s Lean Portfolio Management, ensuring strong alignment between strategy and execution.
• Enable Lean Budgeting by working with leadership to align financial management practices with Agile principles.
• Program Execution and Coordination – Manage program execution by acting as a servant leader, ensuring teams deliver value consistently and efficiently through the program lifecycle.
• Build and maintain program-level roadmaps, partnering with Product Management to align with business priorities and long-term objectives.
• Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning, Inspect and Adapt workshops, and other key SAFe ceremonies to drive alignment across task orders and delivery teams.
• Coordinate task order activities across teams, acting as the central point of collaboration for Agile Release Train (ART) activities across BPA task orders.
• Integration and Dependency Management – Oversee task order integration and dependencies, identifying, monitoring, and managing interdependencies to ensure seamless delivery of integrated solutions.
• Establish and maintain integration strategies, tools, and processes for cohesive functionality across systems and deliverables.
• Facilitate cross-task order program alignment by working with task order leads, stakeholders, and contractors to ensure deliverables align with overarching program goals.
• Ensure seamless integration testing and delivery of fully functioning systems across all task orders.
• Team Enablement and Development – Provide hands‑on coaching to Agile Release Trains (ARTs), Product Managers, and Scrum Masters, fostering continuous improvement and self‑organizing teams.
• Mentor less experienced Agile coaches and Scrum Masters to develop coaching skills across the organization.
• Train teams on SAFe best practices through workshops and training sessions to strengthen adherence to core SAFe principles.
• Drive a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration, focusing on building high‑performing, self‑managing teams.
• Risk and Impediment Management – Proactively identify and address risks, impediments, and bottlenecks that affect the ART’s ability to deliver program objectives.
• Support change management processes by providing leadership to manage changes across task orders and ensuring alignment with long‑term goals.
• Stakeholder and Relationship Management – Foster relationships with Business Owners to steer decisions and ensure alignment with organizational objectives.
• Act as a liaison between task orders and enterprise leadership, communicating progress, risks, and challenges while providing actionable solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define priorities and allocate resources across task orders, balancing strategic needs with delivery capabilities.
• Governance and Compliance – Ensure compliance and governance by aligning program execution with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, and Agile principles.
• Maintain compliance across task orders to adhere to applicable standards, policies, and Lean‑Agile practices.
• Performance and Metrics Tracking – Establish key metrics to track progress and performance, ensuring adherence to Agile best practices and SAFe principles.
• Conduct Agile maturity assessments periodically to review team performance and create actionable plans for improvement.
• Track BPA‑wide metrics to monitor integration progress, delivery performance, and alignment with program objectives.
• Dev Ops and Delivery Optimization – Promote a Dev Ops culture by fostering continuous delivery pipelines and automation practices across task orders to ensure consistent delivery.
• Support value stream delivery by working closely with System Architects, Product Management, and other key roles to optimize outcomes.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business,…