Release Train Software Engineer Level 5

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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.

What You’ll get to Do: We are looking for a Release Train Engineer to facilitate program level processes and execution, drive continuous improvement, and remove roadblocks to program execution. The RTE will serve as the Chief Scrum Master for the organization and associated feature teams. The position will partner with the Chief Product Owner, Chief Engineer, and System Architect to lead an agile software development organization focused on meeting dynamic customer requirements and delivering mission critical capabilities. The RTE will orchestrate Agile ceremonies, remove impediments, and ensure a predictable, high‑quality flow of software execution from concept through sustainment. The team is dynamic, highly focused, and is looking to add a leader to help drive execution in developing new and impactful capabilities.

Key responsibilities include: Act as the RTE/Chief Scrum Master coordinating and driving scrum execution for the Software Organization. Collaborate with Product Owners to ensure complete and accurate product backlog. Own and oversee Agile framework processes and procedures. These include increment planning, demos, scrum execution, sprint planning, retrospectives, etc. Provide leadership to feature teams and act as a consultant/coach to the management to resolve contingencies and complex issues. Identify and manage dependencies across feature teams. Monitor and control execution through the identification and tracking of leading performance indicators. Identify and track agile performance metrics to identify performance trends and support continuous improvement. Ensure effective identification and management of issues, risks and opportunities. Drive issues and decisions to closure considering competing points of view, constraints, customer/stakeholder priorities and program strategic objectives. Help build and sustain an effective, engaged, and integrated team in a complex, geographically dispersed, and dynamic environment. Act as primary program contact for mission software products, and work with program leadership to monitor and address technical execution. Effectively coordinate and collaborate with program and Northrop Grumman functional leadership to ensure required staffing, processes and infrastructure are available to efficiently execute program objectives.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a active Top Secret/SCI clearance with SSBI or higher at time of application, with a willingness to obtain a CI poly after starting work.
• 12 years of experience with a bachelor’s degree; 10 years of experience with a master's degree; 8 years of experience with a Ph.D.; 16 or more years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Must have a combined work experience relevant to technical, functional, project leadership, or major IPT leadership supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other Federal Government Systems.
• 8 years of organizational management or IPT leadership experience
• 5 years of SW development experience
• Demonstrated ability to create trusted relationships with stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills, a collaborative management style, and an inherent drive to deliver on commitments
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Familiarity with and willingness to work in a secure environment
• Leadership experience building effective and engaged multi-discipline teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading large agile software development efforts
• Experience developing data processing software systems in the defense industry
• Experience delivering software into a Cloud environment
• Demonstrated depth of experience in System Engineering and/or Software Development
• Excellent conflict management and negotiation skills
• Effective dealing with personnel issues
• Proven ability to effectively work across multiple organizations to form teams, gain internal support, act with speed, and make tough decisions

Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

The 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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.