AGILE RELEASE TRAIN (ART) RELEASE ENGINEER to support the development and deployment of advanced cybersecurity capabilities

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Managing and optimizing the flow of value (leading-edge cybersecurity capabilities) through the Agile Release Train using the Program Kanban

• Facilitating PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlog, and through Preand Post-PI Planning meetings

• Assisting the ART System Engineer and System Architect in performing architecture and design analysis of new Features in preparation of Program Increment Planning

• Collaborating with Agile Development Teams to ensure they understand the Features they are to implement

• Assisting and coordinating estimating the size of features by Agile Development Teams to ensure the Features can be implemented in a single Program Increment time box.

• Interfacing directly with the Government Release Train Engineer and assist them with:

• Facilitating Pre-PI Planning activities including Feature grooming sessions

• Conducting PI Planning Events

• Facilitating Post-PI Planning activities

• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; determine improvements to system capabilities and system delivery processes (hardware, software, architecture, automated deployments, training, etc.)

• Facilitating periodic synchronization meetings, including the ART sync and Scrum-of-Scrum

• Summarizing Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency

• Assist with tracking the execution of features through the Program Increment

• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets

• Helping manage risks and dependencies

• Escalating and tracking impediments

• Providing input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks

• Encouraging collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering

• Working with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment

• Improving the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the DevOps and Release on Demand competency

• Facilitating System Demos at the end of each sprint

• Fostering Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Must be a US Citizen

• Top Secret clearance with SSBI in last five years (TS/SCI desired)

• Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

• 8+ years of directly relevant systems engineering experience

• Experience and/or technical understanding of cybersecurity attack-mitigation techniques and cybersecurity architectures

• Cognizant of Systems Engineering Lifecycle (SELC) processes and practices, Change Management practices, requirements management, traceability, and associated tools

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Agile development methodology and DevOps experience

• Experience and/or familiarity with architectural views including operational, technical standards, and system/services views and business, data, applications, and technology architectures using applicable standards (e.g., DODAF, FEAF).

• Systems architecture experience including allocation of hardware and software requirements, development of use cases and stories, interface definition, and systems integration and test.

• Experience and/or familiarity with software and system lifecycle methodologies, (e.g ISO, CMMI, ITIL, Agile, SAFe).

• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS preferred)

• Experience and/or strong familiarity of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) and security and privacy controls (NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53)

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• BS Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, OR a related field. Two years of related work experience may be substituted for each year of degree level education.

DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP)

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

• SPC4