Release Train Engineer – DevOps Systems Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee the Agile Release Train, facilitating essential SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and backlog refinement.

• Guide Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and teams on SAFe principles, workflow, and practices for continuous improvement.

• Propel program-level execution by tracking progress toward PI objectives and managing risks, issues, and inter-team dependencies.

• Work in collaboration with Product Management, System Architects, and stakeholders to ensure alignment of vision, roadmap, and program backlog.

• Lead and mentor the DevOps Systems Team responsible for CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and shared platform services.

• Prioritize and manage the team backlog to balance feature delivery, platform reliability, technical debt reduction, and automation initiatives.

• Coordinate release planning and execution across teams, ensuring alignment of release schedules, feature readiness, and environment availability.

• Establish and monitor ART and DevOps flow metrics, such as throughput, lead time, MTTR, deployment frequency, and change failure rate, to direct improvement initiatives.

• Prepare and present clear, concise briefings and status updates to senior leadership, highlighting key achievements, risks, and decision points.

• Collaborate with other RTEs, program managers, and vendor partners to coordinate dependencies across trains, contracts, and external systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• At least 7 years of experience in large-scale software delivery, including a minimum of 3 years in an RTE, Program Manager, or similar leadership role within a SAFe environment.

• Proven experience leading an Agile Release Train or a comparable multi-team program utilizing the SAFe framework.

• Strong knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, build and release management, and platform operations.

• Experience with technologies such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI; artifact repositories; containerization including Docker and Kubernetes; and cloud platforms like AWS.

• Familiarity with InterSystems IRIS or similar enterprise platforms, or experience working closely with platform and infrastructure engineering teams.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate large-scale planning events, manage cross-team dependencies, and resolve impediments in complex environments.

• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience briefing senior leadership.

• Background in supporting large-scale software development, data integration, or healthcare IT projects.

• Expertise in the SAFe framework; active RTE or SAFe Agilist certification is highly preferred.

• Capability to obtain a Government clearance.

• Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA tools, processes, and frameworks is a significant advantage.

• Familiarity with federal contracting environments and knowledge of federal security and compliance requirements.

• Hands-on experience in DevOps, systems engineering, or software development earlier in career.

• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Git-based repositories for program and team-level tracking and collaboration.

• Relevant certifications such as SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, AWS, or DevOps-related certifications are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision

• 401k with Matching

• Corporate Laptop

• PTO + Federal Holidays

• Training opportunities