Release Train Engineer / DevOps Systems Lead (Remote Opportunity)

About the role

VetsEZ is looking for a Release Train Engineer / DevOps Systems Lead to join its fully remote team supporting a large federal government project. The role combines SAFe Agile Release Train leadership with hands‑on oversight of a DevOps Systems team that builds and operates CI/CD pipelines and platform services for Java and InterSystems IRIS applications.

Key responsibilities

• Facilitate SAFe ceremonies such as PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and backlog refinement.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners and teams on SAFe principles, flow and continuous improvement.
• Drive program‑level execution, track PI objectives and manage risks, issues and dependencies across multiple Agile teams.
• Collaborate with Product Management, System Architects and government stakeholders to align vision, roadmap and program backlog.
• Lead and mentor the DevOps Systems team responsible for CI/CD pipelines, build automation and shared platform services.
• Prioritize and manage the team backlog to balance feature delivery, platform reliability, technical debt reduction and automation initiatives.
• Coordinate cross‑team release planning and execution, ensuring schedule alignment, feature readiness and environment availability.
• Establish and monitor ART and DevOps flow metrics (throughput, lead time, MTTR, deployment frequency, change failure rate) to guide improvement.
• Prepare concise briefings and status reports for senior leadership, highlighting achievements, risks and decisions.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in large‑scale software delivery, with at least 3 years in an RTE, Program Manager or similar leadership role within a SAFe environment.
• Proven track record of leading an Agile Release Train or equivalent multi‑team program.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, build and release management, and platform operations.

Required skills

• Java application development and deployment.
• InterSystems IRIS environment.
• CI/CD pipeline design and implementation.
• Build automation tools.
• Platform operations and reliability engineering.
• DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies.
• SAFe framework and Agile Release Train management.