Agile Release Engineer

Agile Release Engineer Multiple Levels

Chantilly VA

Active Top-Secret Clearance with SCI and CI Polygraph Required

@Orchard is actively supporting a proposal expected to be awarded in Fall 2026 for a Virginia client in the Intelligence Sector. We are seeking individuals with the necessary skills experience and clearance to sign a letter of intent to join the team once the program is awarded. This is an exceptional opportunity to join one of our clients a leader in the IC space with exceptional benefits and opportunities for advancement.

We are seeking Agile Release Engineers to provide technical coordination and processdriven support to the National Reconnaissance Office. Release Engineers will help orchestrate directoratelevel software delivery ensure alignment across development teams and strengthen Agile andDevSecOpspractices that underpin missioncriticalcapabilities across theorganization.

As the Release Engineer your responsibilities will include.

• Plan coordinate and execute release activities across multiple Agile teams supporting customer programs and enterprise services.
• Maintain and manage release calendars ensuring synchronization with program increments sprint cycles and enterprise milestones.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews go/nogo decisions and postrelease retrospectives.
• Track release dependencies risks and issues escalating to leadership as needed.
• Support Agile Release Trains (ARTs) by aligning development integration testing and deployment activities.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters Product Owners System Engineers and Government Program Offices to ensure consistent Agile execution.
• Promote DevSecOps best practices including CI/CD pipeline usage automated testing and continuous integration of mission applications.
• Help teams adopt and mature Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) processes within the customer environment.
• Coordinate with customer leadership to ensure releases align with enterprise GEOINT architecture priorities and mission needs.
• Support enterpriselevel planning events including PI Planning backlog refinement and crossteam synchronization forums.
• Provide transparency into release status metrics and performance indicators to government stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation for release processes configuration management and deployment workflows.
• Ensure compliance with NRO security accreditation and configuration control requirements.
• Identify opportunities to streamline release processes and reduce cycle time through automation and workflow improvements.
• Support integration of cloudbased environments containerized applications and modern deployment architectures.

Your background will include.

• US citizen with an Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field. Alternatively demonstrate an additional 4 years of related experience per level if no bachelors degree is held.
• Experience supporting Agile software development environments preferably within the IC or DoD. As there are several roles of varying seniority you will be assessed during the interview process and aligned with an appropriate role.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban SAFe) and release management practices.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills with the ability to work across diverse technical teams.

Additional preferred qualifications include.

• SAFe certification (e.g. RTE SA SSM SASM) or equivalent Agile credentials.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions Confluence and JIRA) version control systems and automated deployment pipelines.
• Experience supporting NRO NGA or other GEOINT mission partners.
• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS C2S GovCloud) and container orchestration (Docker Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with DevSecOps toolchains automated testing frameworks and infrastructureascode.
• Experience with enterpriselevel configuration management and change control processes.

Compensation: As there are several potential levels for this skillset within the program compensation can range between $62000 and $185000. All employees will receive a generous benefits package: Health Dental Vision 401K with immediate vesting tuition reimbursement and generous PTO.

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