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Release Train Engineer

Leidos

Alexandria, VAJob$131–237K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$131–237K/yr
Location
Alexandria, VA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

SCI AccessTop Secret clearance

Job overview

Leidos seeks a Release Train Engineer to lead and facilitate Agile Release Train processes across multiple projects and teams. The role configures the Scaled Agile Framework to the Task Order’s needs and standardizes practices to support valued customer delivery. The engineer works with Product Owners, Task Order Management, and other stakeholders to align strategy and execution.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Agile Release Train FacilitationScaled Agile FrameworkAgile Practice ScalingAgile DevelopmentAnalytical SkillsAttention to DetailCross-Team CollaborationLeadershipBriefing SkillsServant LeadershipCommunicationSAFeAWSCloud TechnologiesJiraConfluenceArcGISGeospatial Technologies

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's Degree or Experience12 Years Relevant Experience10 Years Relevant ExperienceTop Secret ClearanceSCI AccessPolygraph2+ Years Scrum Master ExperienceCertified Product OwnerCertified Scrum MasterPMP Certification

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

Leidos is looking for a Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead and facilitate Agile Release Train (ART) processes for multiple projects and teams on the Task Order. The successful candidate will help configure the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to the Task Order’s needs, standardizing and documenting practices to ensure valued delivery to the customer.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Establish and communicate calendars for program increments (PI)

  • Facilitate PI planning readiness by bringing together the vision, roadmap and backlogs through pre and post PI planning events

  • Lead and facilitate PI planning events

  • Assist in tracking the execution of features and capabilities

  • Help manage risks and dependencies

  • Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks

  • Assist with decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams

  • Work collaboratively with Product Owners, Task Order Management, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment

  • Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills with customer and team interactions

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 12 years of relevant experience, or Master's degree and 10 years of relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.

  • Active Top Secret clearance required with the ability to obtain SCI access prior to Day One. U.S. Citizenship is required.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph post hire.

  • Experience scaling agile practices and aligning development teams

  • Develops and proposes new ideas regarding processes and strategy

  • Agile Development knowledge and experience

  • Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail

  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams and provide leadership that drives successful execution and team performance.

  • Strong briefing skills and experience presenting to senior customer management

  • Demonstrate servant leadership by empowering teams, removing impediments, and enabling the delivery of high-quality solutions and business value

  • Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • SAFe Agile Certification

  • 2+ years experience as a Scrum Master

  • Certified Product Owner

  • Certified Scrum Master

  • PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)

  • Understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies

  • Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments

  • Experience with collaboration tools including Jira/Confluence

  • Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies

#NSBA

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 19, 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 $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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 .

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

REQNUMBER: R-00194702-OTHLOC-PL-2D0039

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

How this job compares

Set against the 15,339 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$131–237K/yr
  • Virginia median$116–170K/yr486 salary ranges
  • US median$102–170K/yr9,742 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $184K, is 26% above the Virginia median midpoint ($146K) — in the top quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 703 open Project Management jobs in Virginia and 15,339 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,219 postings).
Education
6,263 of the 15,339 open Project Management jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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