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Release Train Engineer and JIRA Administrator

Reston, VA, US • Posted 30+ days ago • Updated 21 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

SAIC

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Skills

Adobe AIR
Leadership
Project Implementation
Facilitation
UPS
INSPECT
Roadmaps
Apache Velocity
Confluence
Bitbucket
Management
JIRA Agile
Art
Business Process
Reporting
GitHub
Slack
Jenkins
Regulatory Compliance
Security Clearance
Atlassian
PSM
Computer Science
Scrum
SAFE
JIRA
Workflow
Dashboard
Scripting
Agile
DevSecOps
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Cloud Computing
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: T2601490

Location: Reston, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-03-05

Category: Software

Subcategory: SW Systems Engr

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description
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SAIC is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Release Train Engineer (RTE) and JIRA Administrator to join our Department of the Air Force Integrated Fires Command and Control (DIFC2) Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) Team team in Reston, VA. This dual-role position combines leadership and technical expertise to drive successful Agile Release Trains (ARTs) while ensuring seamless administration of Atlassian Jira tools for project execution. The candidate will play a critical role in enabling scaled Agile delivery, optimizing DevSecOps pipelines, and maintaining secure, mission-critical environments for a federal government program.

This position requires hands-on experience orchestrating Agile practices, managing JIRA, and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality technical solutions supporting government initiatives.

This position is ONSITE in Reston, VA.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as a Scrum Master for the Agile Release Train (ART), facilitating PI (Program Increment) Planning Sessions, resolving impediments, and driving continuous value delivery.
Facilitate ART ceremonies including Daily Stand-ups, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt (I&A), and Retrospectives.
Manage the ART roadmap, risks, dependencies, and agile governance. Establish metrics to evaluate ART performance and value stream improvements (e.g., flow efficiency, velocity).
Coordinate with external stakeholders to align ART goals with organizational objectives.
Administer and optimize Atlassian toolsets (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket) to support Agile tracking, workflows, permissions, and reporting.
Design and maintain custom JIRA workflows, dashboards, and reporting for use in scaled Agile environments aligned with ART processes.
Create, configure, and manage JIRA Agile boards, filters, schemes, and user accounts for ART teams.
Develop and implement effective JIRA automation rules to streamline business processes.
Leverage JIRA Query Language (JQL) to deliver advanced reporting metrics for Agile planning and execution.
Integrate JIRA with third-party tools (e.g., GitHub, Slack, Jenkins) to support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues, perform upgrades, and ensure compliance with security standards in classified environments.

Qualifications
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Skills/Experience

Active TS/SCI clearance or SCI eligibility.
Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator - Cloud certification.
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM).
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 9 years of experience.
5+ years of experience as a Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master, or Agile Program Manager, including driving SAFe or scaled Agile practices.
3+ years of hands-on experience as a JIRA Administrator, including creating workflows, dashboards, and automation scripts.
Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams in DevSecOps environments and implementing CI/CD pipelines in cloud or hybrid infrastructures.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: T2601490
Posted 30+ days ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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