Agile Release Train Engineer, DevSecOps Specialist/Sr Principal Software Engineer (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2026-02-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-RI-PORTSMOUTH-PS2 ~ 1847 W Main Rd ~ NIMITZ SOUTH BLDG

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type:

DoD Clearance: Secret

Security Clearance Status:

Active and existing security clearance required after day 1

At Raytheon, you have the opportunity to try new things and make a bigger difference across a broader end-to-end solution, a richer technology and product set, an expanded range of disciplines, a growing global footprint and a more diverse team of colleagues and customers.

As part of the Taiwan IDS program, you join the Taiwan Indigenous Defense Submarine Ships 2+ program within the Maritime Systems and Platforms Software Department.  By any measure, Raytheon is an exciting and rewarding place to work.  We pride ourselves on developing world-class talent in an inclusive atmosphere. The result is a workforce that takes pride in the company and consistently delivers superior solutions.

The Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a leadership position that reports to senior program leadership while remaining in the Software Engineering  functional organization.  This person is responsible for steering the various agile teams on the program and driving continuous improvement in Scaled Agile and DevSecOps practices for the combined systems/software/test Agile Release Trains.  The RTE is the facilitator of program-level process, execution, metrics and tools as they pertain to Agile Product Development, recommending and implementing best practices as warranted by program execution situations, and acts  as a RTE for a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).  The RTE works directly with Integrated Product Team (IPT) leads, Agile roles such as Product Owners and Scrum Masters, and functional support personnel to lead day to day technical execution, establish program cadence, ensure value delivery, and drive continuous improvement. The RTE must have software development expertise and a strong understanding of scaling Lean and Agile in order to continuously maintain alignment of a large development program. 

Together with the IPT Leads, Product Owners and Scrum Masters, the RTE manages and ensures that program technical execution delivers value iteratively and incrementally.  The RTE escalates impediments, coaches leaders and teams, and participates in Lean-Agile transformation by standardizing and documenting practices.

What You Will Do:

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the program using various tools, such as the Program and Value Stream Kanbans and information radiators

• Maintain positive employee and team experiences by creating an environment that supports positive team health as well as providing guidance and management to ensure goals are met

• Assess and drive continuous improvement to the agility level of the program

• Utilize agile software development methods, automation, and continuous integration.

• Encourage team level and program level continuous integration and communities of practice around scaling Agile and Lean, and around Engineering and Quality Practices

• Coach and educate Leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets

• Drive consistent collaboration between teams, engineering, and system architects

• Work with product management, Product Owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment

• Responsible for effective incremental Program Planning execution including ensuring planning readiness via fostering the preparation of Vision and work item backlogs

• Aggregate the Team Program Increment objectives into Program Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency

• Establish and communicate the annual calendars for the program cadence

• Ensure periodic synchronization meetings, at various levels of the Program

• Assist with the economic decision-making by facilitating capability estimation by teams

• Create retrospective improvement roadmaps by analyzing all activities and actions that have previously been performed and finding ways to improve each process.

• Measure and track program performance execution and Capabili