ServiceNow Release Train Engineer (Secret) - Federal Staffing Solutions Inc.

Requirements:

• Requires a US Citizenship.
  
• Obtain an active security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher (i.e., Security+) within 14 days of hire.
  
• Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance.
  
• Must be able to commute to Scott AFB, IL, Ft. Meade, MD, or Ogden, UT for full time on-site support
  
• Bachelor’s Degree with 8 – 12 years of relevant experience or master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of work experience in lieu of degree is acceptable.
  
• Experience working with an Agile software development team, managing project deadlines (ideally in a Scrum Master, or Development role)
  
• Experience briefing leadership and/or customers of key status of project progression.
  
• Experience communicating with and briefing status to external stakeholders, including customer representatives.
  
• Experience using agile project management tools (e.g., Jira)
  
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  
• Ability to manage time extremely well, and quickly sense when an issue needs to be discussed or triaged.
  
• Must have strong attention to detail, as focus on task completion is critical. 
  

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Possesses 3-5 years’ experience with ServiceNow administration, configuration management and maintenance of the ServiceNow platform.
  
• Prior knowledge and experience with ServiceNow’s ATFs
  
• Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified
  
• AWS cloud certifications
  
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
  
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence.    
  
  

Essential Requirements: US Citizenship is required. Active Secret Clearance

 

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, walk, stand and climb stairs and steps. May require walking long distance from parking to work station. Occasionally, movement that requires twisting at the neck and/or trunk more than the average person, squatting/ stooping/kneeling, reaching above the head, and forward motion will be required. The employee will continuously be required to repeat the same hand, arm, or finger motion many times. Manual and finger dexterity are essential to this position. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and telling differences among colors. The employee must be able to communicate through speech with clients and public. Hearing requirements include conversation in both quiet and noisy environments. Lifting may require floor to waist, waist to shoulder, or shoulder to overhead movement of up to 20 pounds. This position demands tolerance for various levels of mental stress.  

 

Job Duties:

• This role requires an experienced Agile Leader to take on Release Train Engineer responsibilities for an Agile Release Train (ART). The position requires a critical driving force within the team for optimizing flow and pushing for improvement using the implementation of a Lean/Agile mindset.
  
• Managing and optimizing the flow of value through an Agile Release Train (ART)
  
• Managing schedule execution and planning the software / architecture releases for the program
  
• Facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness by fostering a continuous exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings.
  
• Facilitating cross-team collaboration within program via Scrum of Scrums meeting and other less formal forums in support of development, testing, and deployment efforts
  
• Summarizing Team PI objectives into Program PI objectives and publishing them for visibility and transparency –
  
• Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities through metrics across the program’s agile and DevOps teams.
  
• Briefing customer on development progress throughout PI cycle and on the status of testing, deployment, and release readiness
  
• Acquiring understanding of the large complex software system and assess risk and understand varied customer concerns
  
• Coaching teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Project/Program Leaders in agile practices –
  
• Promoting teamwork to achieve PI goals.
  
• Leading the teams towards agile maturity
  
• Escalating and tracking impediments
  
• Work with the Scrum teams to identify dependencies and critical path items to ensure work is executed in the most efficient manner
  
• Providing input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks and remove blockers
  
• Working with the contractor Program Management Office (PMO) on program execution test data
  

Requirements: • Requires a US Citizenship. – • Obtain an active security certification that meets DOD 8570 IAT level II or higher (i.e., Security+) within 14 days of hire. – • Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance. – • Must be able to commute to Scott AFB, IL, Ft. Meade, MD, or Ogden, UT for full time on-site support – • Bachelor’s Degree with 8 – 12 years of relevant experience or master’s with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional years of work experience in lieu of degree is acceptable. – • Experience working with an Agile software development team, managing project deadlines (ideally in a Scrum Master, or Development role) – • Experience briefing leadership and/or customers of key status of project progression. – • Experience communicating with and briefing status to external stakeholders, including customer representatives. – • Experience using agile project management tools (e.g., Jira) • - Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills – • Ability to manage time extremely well, and quickly sense when an issue needs to be discussed or triaged. – • Must have strong attention to detail, as focus on task completion is critical. Preferred Qualifications: • Possesses 3-5 years’ experience with ServiceNow administration, configuration management and maintenance of the ServiceNow platform. – • Prior knowledge and experience with ServiceNow’s ATFs – • Understanding of ITIL foundation or ITIL certified – • AWS cloud certifications – • Knowledge of Agile development methodologies. – • Knowledge of Jira and Confluence. Essential Requirements: US Citizenship is required. Active Secret Clearance