Agile Release Engineer

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KBRs National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security this position your work will have a profound impact on the countrys most critical role protecting our national security.

Why Join Us

• Innovative Projects: KBRs work is at the forefront of engineering logistics operations science program management mission IT and cybersecurity solutions.

• Collaborative Environment: Be part of a dynamic team that thrives on collaboration and innovation fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating workplace.

• Impactful Work: Your contributions will be pivotal in designing and optimizing defense systems that ensure national security and shape the future of space defense.

Who You Are:

KBR is looking for a motivated Agile Release Engineer to join our team and provide Systems Engineer Technical Advisor (SETA) support for the Intelligence Community Customer Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED). GED plays a critical role in enabling the Intelligence Community Customer to plan and execute intelligence-gathering missions transforming collected data into useful information for the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) users.

In this role you will have the chance to design develop test and deliver products that support our customers advanced support of GED Front Office Chief Architect Integrated Intelligence Program Office Advanced Ground Office and Enterprise Data Applications and Platforms. Youll collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams focused on hardware software system integration and data analysis to help achieve important missions and meet requirements.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award

Primary Responsibilities:

• Own and evolve CI/CD frameworksto support Agile delivery ensuring speed reliability and scalability of releases.

• Design implement and maintain automationfor large-scale complex software systems reducing manual effort and improving release predictability.

• Facilitate Agile Release Trains (ARTs) aligning teams on vision roadmap and backlog priorities and ensuring adherence to SAFe or other Agile scaling frameworks.

• Coordinate program-level processesacross multiple Scrum and product teams resolving dependencies risks and integration issues.

• Manage release planning and execution including backlog grooming PI planning and change management for delivery plans.

• Coach and mentortechnical teams Scrum Masters and stakeholders on Lean-Agile practices continuous improvement and quality standards.

• Leverage Agile lifecycle management tools(e.g. Jira Confluence Azure DevOps) for planning tracking and reporting.

• Drive operational excellenceby improving release processes reducing defects and increasing delivery velocity.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field.

• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph.

• 10 years of relevant experience in Agile/SAFe roles with prior RTE or Scrum Master experience.

• 5 years as a Release Engineer or similar role.

• Strong SDLC and release management knowledge.

• Expertise with CI/CD tools (Jenkins GitLab CI Artifactory etc.).

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Kubernetes) and infrastructure automation.

• DevOps and automation skills for large-scale systems.

• Experience as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) Chief Scrum Master or Agile program lead.

• SAFe Agile methodology proficiency.

• Lean and systems thinking.

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.

• Problem-solving prioritization and adaptability.

Ready to Make a Difference

If youre excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Lets shape the future together

Belong Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of teams philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong Connect and Grow. We Deliver Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin veteran status genetic information union status and/or beliefs or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.