Agile Release Engineer (All Levels)

Responsibilities

Overview

Noblis‑ESI is seeking an Agile Release Engineer to provide technical, coordination, and process‑driven support to the National Reconnaissance Office. The selected candidate will help orchestrate directorate‑level software delivery, ensure alignment across development teams, and strengthen Agile and DevSecOps practices that underpin mission‑critic al capabilities across the organization .

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and execute release activities across multiple Agile teams supporting customer programs and enterprise services.

• Maintain and manage release calendars, ensuring synchronization with program increments, sprint cycles, and enterprise milestones.

• Facilitate release readiness reviews, go/no‑go decisions, and post‑release retrospectives.

• Track release dependencies, risks, and issues, escalating to leadership as needed.

• Support Agile Release Trains (ARTs) by aligning development, integration, testing, and deployment activities.

• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, System Engineers, and Government Program Offices to ensure consistent Agile execution.

• Promote DevSecOps best practices, including CI/CD pipeline usage, automated testing, and continuous integration of mission applications.

• Help teams adopt and mature Scaled Agile Framework ( SAFe ) processes within the customer environment.

• Coordinate with customer leadership to ensure releases align with enterprise GEOINT architecture priorities and mission needs.

• Support enterprise‑level planning events, including PI Planning, backlog refinement, and cross‑team synchronization forums.

• Provide transparency into release status, metrics, and performance indicators to government stakeholders.

• Maintain documentation for release processes, configuration management, and deployment workflows.

• Ensure compliance with NRO security, accreditation, and configuration control requirements.

• Identify opportunities to streamline release processes and reduce cycle time through automation and workflow improvements.

• Support integration of cloud‑based environments, containerized applications, and modern deployment architectures.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• US Citizenship is required.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, Information Systems, or related field. Alternatively, demonstrate an additional 4 years of related experience per level if no bachelor's degree is held.

• Experience supporting Agile software development environments, preferably within the IC or DoD.

• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe ) and release management practices.

• Excellent communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work across diverse technical teams.

Junior-Level

• Bachelor's degree

• 0 - 5 years' experience
• $61,900 - $156,050

Mid-Level

• Bachelor's degree

• 5 - 10 years' experience
• $99,800 - $188,725

Senior-Level

• Bachelor's degree

• Greater than 10 years' experience
• $120,700 - 188,725

Desired Qualifications

• SAFe certification (e.g., RTE, SA, SSM, SASM) or equivalent Agile credentials.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Confluence, and JIRA), version control systems, and automated deployment pipelines.

• Experience supporting NRO, NGA, or other GEOINT mission partners.

• Knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, C2S, GovCloud) and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Familiarity with DevSecOps toolchains, automated testing frameworks, and infrastructure‑as‑code.

• Experience with enterprise‑level configuration management and change control processes.

Overview

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI , and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards . Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

* Remote/hybrid status is subject to change based on Noblis and/or government requirements

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us .

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Total Rewards

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.

Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis' total compensation package.

Posted Salary Range

USD $61,900.00 - USD $188,725.00 /Yr.