Release Train Engineer - Potomac

Job location: Merrifield, VA (Hybrid)

Project Duration: 3+ Months

Payrate: Depends on Experience

Job Description:

• Lead and facilitate the Agile Release Trains for the portfolio and ensure Delivery is planned with clear communication, efficient collaboration, and the timely resolution of impediments

• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle with hands on experience leading technical implementations to include COTS products

• Continuously work with teams and deliver PI Objectives, Epics, Features, and PBIs

• Create release plans and roadmaps for the portfolio

• Ensures alignment of team objectives with overall business goals and enables teams to remove impediments.

• Own escalated impediments and raises issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner

• Own the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train

• Manage dependencies between Agile Teams within and across Agile Release Trains

• Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs

• Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning

• Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities

• Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burndown data, KPIs, etc.) and use data to make informed decisions and recommendations for improvement

• Update and communicate Release Plans

• Collaborate with Product Management, Architects, engineering, and support teams as needed

• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders

• Hands on Experience with Azure Devops (ADO) boards

• Experience with status reporting, metrics and dashboards

• Understanding of Cloud offerings, distributed systems, mainframe, APIs, and system integration.

• Nice to have – Scaled agile certification

Potomac, MD

* Potomac, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Maryland, sits along the Potomac River. Its population, as of the 2020 census, stands at 47,018. The area is named after the nearby river and offers scenic views of the Mather Gorge. Great Falls Park, which overlooks the impressive Great Falls of the Potomac River, is a major attraction. The community’s history is intertwined with the Patowmack Canal and the George Washington Parkway.