Solution Train Engineer/ Integration Lead - Secret Required

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology, and mission services to the U.S. government. They are seeking a Solution Train Engineer/ Integration Lead to support a government program in modernizing IT systems, ensuring strategic alignment, program execution, and team enablement using SAFe practices.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coach teams at the enterprise level to implement SAFe practices, working with leadership to ensure strategic alignment with Agile values
• Collaborate with senior leadership to guide the organization through SAFe’s Lean Portfolio Management, ensuring strong alignment between strategy and execution
• Enable Lean Budgeting by working with leadership to align financial management practices with Agile principles
• Manage program execution by acting as a servant leader, ensuring teams deliver value consistently and efficiently through the program lifecycle
• Build and maintain program-level roadmaps, partnering with Product Management to align with business priorities and long-term objectives
• Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning, Inspect and Adapt workshops, and other key SAFe ceremonies to drive alignment across task orders and delivery teams
• Coordinate task order activities across teams, acting as the central point of collaboration for Agile Release Train (ART) activities across BPA task orders
• Optimize release planning across task orders, ensuring interdependent features and functionalities are delivered on time and within scope
• Oversee task order integration and dependencies, identifying, monitoring, and managing interdependencies to ensure seamless delivery of integrated solutions
• Establish and maintain integration strategies, tools, and processes for cohesive functionality across systems and deliverables
• Facilitate cross-task order program alignment by working with task order leads, stakeholders, and contractors to ensure deliverables align with overarching program goals
• Ensure seamless integration testing and delivery of fully functioning systems across all task orders
• Provide hands-on coaching to Agile Release Trains (ARTs), Product Managers, and Scrum Masters, fostering continuous improvement and self-organizing teams
• Mentor less experienced Agile coaches and Scrum Masters to develop coaching skills across the organization
• Train teams on SAFe best practices through workshops and training sessions to strengthen adherence to core SAFe principles
• Drive a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration, focusing on building high-performing, self-managing teams
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and adaptation, encouraging innovation, experimentation, and identifying opportunities for optimization
• Proactively identify and address risks, impediments, and bottlenecks that affect the ART’s ability to deliver program objectives
• Support change management processes by providing leadership to manage changes across task orders and ensuring alignment with long-term goals
• Foster relationships with Business Owners to steer decisions and ensure alignment with organizational objectives
• Act as a liaison between task orders and enterprise leadership, communicating progress, risks, and challenges while providing actionable solutions
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define priorities and allocate resources across task orders, balancing strategic needs with delivery capabilities
• Foster collaboration across BPA vendors, contractors, and internal teams to drive effective communication and teamwork
• Ensure compliance and governance by aligning program execution with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, and Agile principles
• Maintain compliance across task orders to adhere to applicable standards, policies, and Lean-Agile practices
• Establish key metrics to track progress and performance, ensuring adherence to Agile best practices and SAFe principles
• Conduct Agile maturity assessments periodically to review team performance and create actionable plans for improvement
• Track BPA-wide metrics to monitor integration progress, delivery performance, and alignment with program objectives
• Promote a DevOps culture by fostering continuous delivery pipelines and automation practices across task orders to ensure consistent delivery
• Support value stream delivery by working closely with System Architects, Product Management, and other key roles to optimize outcomes

Requirements:

• Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Secret
• Agile Framework
• Deliverables Management
• Program Management
• Scale Agile Framework
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• 15 + years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification is required
• 4+ years of experience coaching agile teams in complex, large-scale environments
• A minimum of 2 years' experience in Agile coaching, including expertise in implementing frameworks like SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
• Proven ability to lead enterprise-level agile transformations
• Deep knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management and Agile Release Trains
• Strong proficiency in Agile project management tools (Gitlab, Jira, Confluence etc)
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of engaging and influencing senior leadership and cross-functional teams
• Extensive experience in coaching senior leadership and teams on advanced Agile practices, including scaling Agile frameworks across large and distributed teams
• Proven track record of successfully leading enterprise-level Agile transformations, guiding organizations through cultural shifts and process improvements
• Ability to coach and mentor other Agile coaches, Scrum Masters, and product teams, developing a center of excellence for Agile methodologies within the organization
• Deep understanding of Agile metrics (e.g., velocity, cycle time, lead time) and their application in driving team and organizational performance improvements
• Experience facilitating large-scale Agile ceremonies such as Program Increment (PI) Planning, Inspect and Adapt workshops, and executive-level retrospectives
• Expertise in change management strategies for large enterprises, particularly in Agile adoptions, and fostering an environment of continuous improvement
• Strong knowledge of Lean-Agile leadership principles, with experience implementing Lean Portfolio Management and helping organizations align strategy with execution
• Ability to design and lead customized training programs for teams and leaders to advance their understanding and application of Agile, SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban practices
• Familiarity with Agile coaching techniques, including one-on-one coaching, group facilitation, and mentoring, with an emphasis on empowering teams to be self-managing
• Experience in establishing and nurturing communities of practice within organizations to foster continuous learning and shared experiences across Agile teams