Release Train Engineer

Description

The National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) Division of the Leidos Fed Civ IT Business Area currently has an opening for a Release Train Engineer. This position will be part of a dynamic team working to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Oklahoma City at their Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center location.

Responsibilities

• Actively facilitate and organize pivotal SAFe ceremonies—ranging from Program Increment Planning (PIP) to ART Syncs and Adapt workshops—ensuring each gathering is purposeful, result-driven, and leads directly to deliverables and progress.
• Sustain cohesion across teams by proactively monitoring and aligning all workflows, ensuring parallel efforts converge and obstacles are cleared in real time.
• Maintain a comprehensive view of progress, synthesizing insights from multiple teams to proactively identify priorities, directly address bottlenecks, and drive initiatives forward.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks, resolve complex interdependencies, and remove organizational or technical barriers to ensure the steady flow of business value.
• Lead by example and take decisive action to implement improvements and optimize performance; coaching and mentoring are secondary to direct involvement in delivery, solutioning, and execution.
• Collaborate hands-on with stakeholders, System Architects, and Product Management to ensure that features and deliverables are completed, accepted, and meet quality standards on schedule.
• Directly manage program scope, schedule, and resources; monitor and report on key program milestones and deliverables to ensure successful on-time execution.
• Drive all aspects of program-level planning, execution, risk management, and reporting, including creation and management of program schedules, dependencies, and workstreams.
• Design, document, and implement process improvements to boost efficiency, streamline program delivery, and enhance quality across the organization, using Lean, Six Sigma, or process re-engineering methodologies.
• Lead change through measurable actions—analyzing KPIs, process metrics, and feedback to ensure accountability and continual improvement.
• Ensure full transparency on progress, blockers, and emerging issues for all levels of leadership.
• Lead actionable program retrospectives, converting learning and feedback into immediate, concrete improvements.
• Work directly with teams to implement ART-wide enhancements, ensuring meaningful changes are quickly embedded and outcomes are achieved.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Process Engineering, or related field and 12 years of relevant hands-on experience, or 10 years of relevant experience with a Master's Degree. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirement.
• 5 years of direct, action-oriented experience in Agile, with 2 years as an RTE, program manager, or program-level leader executing complex initiatives.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) is highly preferred.
• Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and reporting tools like Tableau or Power BI.
• Demonstrated experience directly managing program delivery in fast-paced engineering or IT environments.
• Experience in leading and executing process engineering or process optimization projects.
• Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement certification is a plus.
• Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Public Trust Suitability and Secret Level clearance.
• Program and project management fundamentals
• Waterfall knowledge
  
  

This role is specifically focused on taking direct ownership of program delivery, continuous improvement, and process engineering. Candidates must be ready to drive outcomes, lead initiatives, and execute solutions—coaching is not the primary focus of this position.

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Original Posting

June 8, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

Pay Range $105,300.00 - $190,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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