Release Train Engineer - Senior

Position Title: Release Train Engineer - Senior

Location: Northern Virginia (Quantico-Stafford); Remote possible

Company Background

APV is an innovative Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing services to Government customers at the federal and state levels in three key focus areas: High-End IT Consulting, Emerging Technology and Training Solutions, and Human Capital Services. Established in 2007, APV has completed over 70 prime contracts and currently oversees more than 25 task orders, consistently achieving high client satisfaction, CPARS ratings, and customer accolades. Our skilled and motivated workforce fuels our success, as evidenced by our impressive employee retention rate, which exceeds 90%. APV has a broad portfolio of contracts and Best-in-Class contract vehicles, including GSA MAS, OASIS Small Business, and 8(A) Pool 1, CIO-SP3 SB & 8(a) across all functional areas, HCaTS, and several other industry-specific BPA and IDIQs.

APV is a mature company dedicated to quality and exceptional delivery, ensuring it meets its clients missions. We understand personnel are an essential part of this. We hire the best and take care of our employees. We consistently maintain high employee satisfaction and have a retention rate that exceeds the industry average for our peer small businesses. We do this through our corporate practice that emphasizes employee satisfaction through the three C s Culture, Compensation, and Career Development.

Role:

We are seeking a certified Senior Level Release Train Engineer with experience developing, deploying, and maintaining Appian-based IT system solutions. The work supports a multi-year project to sustain and grow a cloud-based information management system for a Department of Defense customer.

Duties:

• Serves as team leader for the Release Management Team (RMT).
• Facilitates Program Increment (PI) Planning, track dependencies, and remove impediments.
• Ensures compliance with Marine Corps standards for Appian BPM and MarkLogic NoSQL platforms.
• Partners with Government stakeholders to prioritize work and deliver mission-ready solutions.
• Driving continuous improvement and providing performance reporting to leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve the culture change needed when successfully transitioning to SAFe-like Agile teams.
• Breadth and depth of experience in the tools and techniques of the SAFe Agile Framework, including a proven track record of continuous improvement in knowledge and implementation of Agile methods.
• Experience guiding program managers using Agile in a large program that includes multiple Agile teams, releases, and projects that operate in parallel (e.g., Scrum of Scrums).
• Knowledge and understanding of how to implement architecture in an Agile environment, how to combine the use of component and feature teams, and how to coordinate multiple teams when managing Agile software development for large-scale enterprise development.
• Understanding of the constraints and demonstrated ability to apply means and methods to overcome these constraints when implementing Agile in a federal contracting environment.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer/Information Systems Engineering, or related field; master's degree preferred.

Certifications:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification required.
• Additional Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP) strongly preferred.
• ITIL Foundation certification is a plus.

Experience Requirements:

• 8 -10 years of IT program or Agile delivery leadership, with 5+ years of experience developing and implementing Appian BPM platform solutions.
• Prior DoD or federal program experience leading Agile Release Trains.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of SAFe Agile practices and tools (Jira, Rally, etc.).
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage dependencies across multiple teams in complex environments.
• Familiarity with Marine Corps or DoD technical data and logistics systems preferred.

About APV

APV is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status. Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability candidates are encouraged to apply. Qualified military veterans are encouraged to apply.