Release Train Engineer

The role

The Release Train Engineer serves as the operational and cultural leader of a multi-team Agile release train. This person drives delivery excellence, contract KPI attainment, and process maturity across development, infrastructure, and operations teams.

What you will do

• Lead and coordinate execution across development, infrastructure, and operations/support teams.
• Drive achievement of contract KPIs including delivery timeliness, quality, throughput, SLA adherence, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Establish, maintain, and refine SOPs, templates, workflows, and governance practices.
• Facilitate PI planning, sprint planning, demos, retrospectives, and client meetings.
• Coach BAs and team leads on requirements quality, prioritization, roadmap planning, and backlog management.
• Develop professional presentations, agendas, and customer-facing materials.
• Track and manage risks, impediments, and dependencies across teams.
• Support design and prototype development engagements.
• Maintain clear, ongoing communication with clients, team members, and leadership.
• Develop and maintain release train reporting, throughput metrics, dashboards, and quality indicators.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Certified Release Train Engineer (RTE) OR Scrum Master certification
• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience in a SAFe environment within an ART
• Strong consulting, facilitation, and communication skills
• Ability to manage complex workloads, competing priorities, and cross-team dependencies
• Experience with Agile planning, backlog refinement, delivery tracking, and risk management
• Experience preparing and delivering executive-ready presentations, demos, and structured meeting materials
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable plans, timelines, and team goals
• Active Top Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Experience working with infrastructure, operations, help desk, or multi-disciplinary technical teams
• Familiarity with process automation, DevOps, or cloud hosting workflows
• Experience developing SOPs, governance models, or operational maturity frameworks
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, including KPI monitoring and reporting
• Prior coaching experience across diverse roles

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training
• Hands-on experience

Before you apply

• Active Top Secret clearance required
• Willingness to work onsite in Washington, DC
• Must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. Its 13,000+ people pursue technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.