United States onlyPosition Summary:
The Release Train Engineer position is part of the Human Capital Management (HCM) Security and Preparedness Sub-portfolio Veteran Affairs Centralized Adjudication and Background System 2.0 (VA-CABS 2.0) team within the Human Capital Management (HCM) portfolio in support of the US Department of Veterans Affairs, Consolidated Corporate Support Services (CCSS) program.
Within the Human Capital Management (HCM) Product Line, VA-CABS 2.0, The Veterans Affairs Centralized Adjudication Background Investigation (BI) System 2.0 (VA-CABS 2.0) provides the Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness (OSP), Office of Personnel Suitability and Security (PSS), with a centralized case management system for adjudication tracking. The Salesforce VA-CABS 2.0 tool provides the PSS team with an efficient platform managing pre-appointment, suitability, and the security clearance process for each case. This system is used to onboard VA staff, contractors, affiliates, trainees, and volunteers. This solution provides a fitness determination for VA subjects in performance of their duties in the service of Veterans and their ability to safeguard VA Subjects and Veteran data.
The VA-CABS 2.0 system receives BI and adjudication decision information from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) via an API from the Digital Integration Platform (DIP) VA System. VA CABS 2.0 integrates with DIP through a connected App with signed certificates, and supports files handled through DIP as a one-way transfer from the DIP platform to the VA SFGCP VAEMPL org. VA-CABS 2.0 exchanges data with the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Onboarding Solution (OBS) and VA Master Person Index (VA MPI). This application is part of the Salesforce Government Cloud Plus - Enterprise boundary. VA-CABS 2.0 manages the full lifecycle of investigations supporting Security Specialists in the adjudication process.
The primary role will be to support the creation of comprehensive set of turn-key documents for the VA-CABS 2.0 and its related supporting areas, document existing technical and operational processes and architecture, document interfaces, policies and procedures, and provide managerial oversite and assurance of requirements delivery.
Duties:
- Delivery in an Agile, Lean, SAFe-based environment utilizing DevSecOps, ARTs, CI/CD, and related processes, methodologies, and concepts.
- Manage and optimize the flow of value through the Agile Release Train (ART) using various tools, such as the Program and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators.
- Establish and communicate the calendars for Product Line (PL) Iterations and Program Increments (PIs).
- Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning events.
- Facilitate the PI planning event.
- Summarize Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
- Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities.
- Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics; where necessary Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
- Help manage risks and dependencies.
- Escalate and track impediments.
- Provide input on staffing and resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
- Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineers.
- Work with Product Line Management, Product Owners/PMs, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
- Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos.
- Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt working sessions; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve.
- Maintain a solid understanding of the security infrastructure required for deploying secure, scalable and reliable applications, while routinely conducting preventive and adaptive maintenance to increase security, performance, and reliability.
- Experience with other Application Lifecycle Management tools such as JIRA.
- Skillsets must include mastery/certification in the following key areas:
- Agile, Kanban, Scrum, and SAFe
- Project and Program Management
- Demonstrated RTE experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects, including legacy, COTS/GOTS, and modernization.
- Experience leading and coordinating multiple teams in a fast-paced, complex technology environment.
- Ability to easily build new relationships and proactively establish a variety of contacts across the client’s and our own internal organization.
- Ability to work in/with multi-disciplinary teams.
- Broad range of program/project management and leadership skills required.
- Proven ability to balance multiple, concurrent/parallel activities.
- Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile delivery environment.
- Experience of software development processes and code management tools and processes.
- Ability to conduct in-depth triage, troubleshooting, and forensics across all facets of the cloud stack while executing process corrective action and continual service improvement.
