Everforth ECS is seeking a Release Train Engineer to work in Stafford, VA.
We offer the chance to support the world’s finest law enforcement organization and help the people that keep us safe.
In this job you will support agents, analysts, and professionals and technology they use to fight terrorism, espionage, cyber-attacks, and major criminal threats.
The RTE is a lean-agile leader and will also be responsible for promoting agile values including promoting systems thinking, supporting the teams’ and trains’ commitments, leading change, and leading by example.
Additional Responsibilities include:
- Facilitates work for the Agile Release Train (ART) and is responsible for program execution, escalating impediments, managing risk, and helping drive continuous improvement for the ART
- Coordinates and executes the remote PI planning event, working with Product Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Business Stakeholders, and Prometric’s other Agile Release Trains
- Tracks the execution of features and capabilities through metrics across the ART
- Provides senior level reporting on ART metrics and Program Increment progress and impediments
- Manages and optimizes the flow of value through the ART by facilitating ART level events and helping to manage risks and dependencies, escalating impediments as needed (Scrum of Scrums, ART sync, risk review meetings, etc.)
- Facilitates system demos
- Coordinates cross-train/cross-functional dependencies and activities as needed to deliver value across multiple ARTs
Salary Range: $100,000 - $130,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- Active secret clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or an additional 5 years of experience in lieu of degree).
- 5+ years of relevant experience in Agile, program delivery, or technical project management.
- 3+ years of leadership experience as an RTE, IT Project Manager, or Technical Program Manager.
- Demonstrated success managing complex IT software delivery projects.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, across diverse technical and business audiences.
- Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), including PI planning and SAFe ceremonies.
- Ability to create and leverage metrics/dashboards to communicate status and drive decisions.
- Effective time management and ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities.
Skills Required
- Active Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an additional five years of experience in lieu of degree
- Five or more years of relevant experience in Agile, program delivery, or technical project management
- Three or more years of leadership experience as a Release Train Engineer, IT Project Manager, or Technical Program Manager
- Demonstrated success managing complex IT software delivery projects
- Strong verbal and written communication skills across technical and business audiences
- Experience with Scaled Agile Framework, including PI planning and SAFe ceremonies
- Ability to create and leverage metrics and dashboards to communicate status and drive decisions
- Effective time management and ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
