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GCyber

IT services for government and industry

Release Train Engineer

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Washington, DC, USA
RemoteFull-time on-site presence at a secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures.
Project & Program ManagementProgram Management
No H1B Sponsorship
US Top Secret Clearance Required

About the job

Requirements
  • Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain any additional customer suitability approvals required for the position.
  • DoD 8570/8140 certification, such as Security+, Certified Cisco Network Associate–Security, Certified Network Defender, Cybersecurity Analyst+, Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional, Global Information Assurance Certification Security Essentials, or Systems Security Certified Practitioner.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline.
  • Eight to twelve years of relevant experience.
  • Experience leading or supporting Agile software delivery as a Release Train Engineer, senior Scrum Master, program delivery lead, or comparable role.
  • Experience facilitating large planning events, managing cross-team dependencies, briefing leaders and customers, and using Jira or comparable Agile tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across technical, operational, security, and customer teams.
Responsibilities
  • Lead Agile Release Train events and Lean-Agile practices, including Program Increment planning, pre- and post-Program Increment activities, system demonstrations, Inspect and Adapt, and Scrum of Scrums.
  • Coordinate software, architecture, test, security, deployment, and release schedules across teams.
  • Consolidate team Program Increment objectives and maintain program-level objectives, dependencies, risks, and commitments.
  • Track feature and capability execution using Agile and DevOps metrics, and communicate progress, risks, testing, deployment status, and release readiness.
  • Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, teams, and leaders in Scaled Agile Framework, flow, relentless improvement, and effective decision-making.
  • Identify and escalate program impediments and coordinate mitigation of critical dependencies, bottlenecks, resource constraints, and integration risks.
  • Partner with program management, architecture, configuration management, test, cybersecurity, and operations to align delivery and readiness.
  • Understand the integrated system architecture sufficiently to identify technical risk and explain tradeoffs to customer and leadership stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
  • SAFe Release Train Engineer certification or comparable SAFe leadership credential.
  • Experience with ServiceNow administration or configuration, ServiceNow Automated Test Framework, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Amazon Web Services, Jira, Confluence, DevSecOps, and classified federal programs.
  • Experience using flow, predictability, quality, and outcome metrics to improve Agile Release Train performance.

About the company

GCyber provides IT solutions for federal, state, and commercial markets. Its engineers, along with a network of partners, deliver professional services across the information technology field with more than 15 years of experience. The company focuses on executing projects with measurable results and aligning technology deployments with customers’ goals. It pursues practical innovation by considering industry successes and failures from past deployments and identifying opportunities to improve. Its goal is to help customers enhance their technology landscape and advance their roadmaps by delivering practical, long-lasting solutions.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Arlington, West Virginia

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • GCyber won a potential five-year, $110M White House cybersecurity BPA in October 2026.
  • Open roles in AWS, ServiceNow, Splunk, and Air Force support signal active demand.
  • March 2026 EOP awards totaled $3.8M, showing recent federal spending momentum.

What critics are saying

  • Five EOP contracts worth $3.41M expire within 12 months, starting March 2026.
  • GCyber's customer concentration around EOP and defense agencies leaves renewal dependence high.
  • A failed recompete on EOP security work would sharply cut 2027 revenue.

What makes GCyber unique

  • GCyber holds GSA MAS, DISA ENCORE III, SETI, GSM-O II, IMCS IV, SITE III.
  • GCyber targets federal cybersecurity and IT services, including HACS, zero trust, and incident response.
  • GCyber still supports Executive Office of the President contracts in March 2026.

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Benefits

  • Paid Vacation
  • Parental Leave
  • Bereavement Leave
  • 401(k) Company Match
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Training Programs
  • Professional Development Budget