Release Train Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

Oversees medium-sized or two small to medium release trains with complex scope and inter-dependencies

Facilitates the agile processes at the program/train level, including planning periodic reviews and planning sessions

Handles communication and collaboration between Agile teams within the Agile Release Train (ART)

Removes barriers and impediments to ART effectiveness

Identifies enterprise-level continuous improvement opportunities and drive implementation

Tracks and communicates key ART metrics, including impediments, feature execution progress, and business value delivery

Collaborates with the appropriate teams to translate business strategy into technology strategy and ensure that capabilities required by the business are enabled

Creates retrospective improvement roadmaps by analyzing all activities and actions that have previously been performed and finding ways to improve each process as a way of continuous improvement

Understands which metrics are beneficial and should be tracked, how these metrics should be interpreted and how the project course can be corrected even if the findings are showing risks

Understands the program's budget and how budgeting works within a SAFe environment

Understands and operates within the Agile Release Train budget

This position is exempt form timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field

Five (5) years experience as RTE, Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Agile Project/Program Manager

Certifications/Licensures

Scaled Agile such as Agile Practitioner, SAFE certified Release Train Engineer

Skills and Competencies

Prior management experience preferred

Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach

Must be able to effectively prioritize and assign work to meet deadlines

Must be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical users at all levels of the organization

Must demonstrate excellent leadership skills to manage various stakeholders effectively at the train and Solution level

Excellent analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills