RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation’s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation’s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, but they’re also making history.

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) facilitates multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs) at the program level and then is responsible for program execution, escalating impediments, managing risk, and helping drive continuous improvement for all in the Value Stream. RTEs are responsible for facilitating events including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt. The RTE ensures mission execution, coaches at the Program and Team levels, and provides guidance in Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps, and Kanban.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Leads and serves as the highest authority on the implementation and optimization of the Scaling Agile/SAFe methodology on the Program
• Drives program and release level processes for an Agile Release Train demonstrating servant leadership, coupled with domain knowledge and technical savvy.
• Serves as the organizational servant leader and facilitator for program events and activities for planning, executing, delivery and improvement, such as Program Increment (PI) Planning readiness and PI Planning events and activities.
• Mentors and coaches Scrum Masters
• Guide design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer and stakeholder value streams.
•  Manages and optimizes the flow of value of the Agile Release Train using a variety of tools and methods to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Coordinates multiple solution interfaces (both external and internal).
•  Collaborate with the appropriate individuals to translate business strategy into technology strategy and ensure that capabilities required by the business are enabled.
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.
• Applies advanced Agile, Lean and SAFe principles and skills. Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts.
• Works on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious. Escalate and track key ART metrics, to include impediments and execution. Drive relentless improvement activities and events.
• Performs functional allocation to identify required tasks and their interrelationships. Identify resources required for each task.

Basic Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:

• Passion for Lean-Agile principles and practices
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 12 years’ experience OR Master’s degree and 10 years’ experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance
• Experience in implementing and aligning Lean, Agile and DevSecOps methodologies, frameworks and tools
• Experience with SAFe framework and implementation of Agile Release Trains
• Demonstrates strong sense of urgency, ownership and operates in a collaborative manner
• Possess requisite knowledge and expertise recognized in the professional community Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Exceptional leadership skills in order to coordinate collaboration across multiple engineering disciplines, along with the ability to effectively motivate people to work as an integrated team across locations, companies and cultures
• Commensurate experience in IT and in new and related older technology that directly relates to the required area of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these desired skills will be given preferential consideration: 

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) Certification
• Certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
• Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant (SPC)
• Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies, i.e., Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping
• Demonstrable mastery in various competencies of Teaching, Mentoring, Transformation, and Facilitation

Salary Range: $147,700.00 - $221,500.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate’s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.