Agile Release Train Engineer

Agile Release Train Engineer (Remote)

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) to lead and coordinate Agile Release Train (ART) activities supporting DevOps toolchain delivery. This is a 100% remote role focused on facilitating ART events, optimizing flow, promoting agile maturity, and collaborating closely with a technical product owner.

Qualifications:

Bachelorâ s degree required; Masterâ s preferred

5+ years of Agile experience in SAFe environments

3+ years in servant leadership roles within software or IT operations

Strong DevOps knowledge (CI/CD, AWS, monitoring tools)

Excellent facilitation, coaching, and communication skills

Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent

Experience with ServiceNow, ITIL, Jira, Confluence

Familiarity with tools like Splunk, Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, JFrog

Understanding of cybersecurity, compliance, and DevSecOps practices

Key Competencies:

Strategic thinking with strong analytical and decision-making skills

Influential leadership and consensus-building ability

Passion for innovation and continuous improvement

Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

Ability to foster trust, collaboration, and transparency

Responsibilities:

Lead ART events (PI Planning, System Demos, I&A workshops)

Coordinate across multiple agile teams (CI/CD, AWS, monitoring, DDP)

Support Scrum Masters and promote continuous improvement

Ensure ART readiness and facilitate PI Planning

Support execution and backlog alignment

Promote DevOps and continuous delivery across ART

Coach ART roles and teams toward agile maturity

Foster a culture of open communication and team empowerment

Communicate ART progress and risks

Align with other ARTs and support lean budgeting

Manage ART Kanban and implement SAFe flow metrics

Use metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize value delivery

Facilitate value stream mapping and reduce cross-team dependencies

Lead Inspect & Adapt sessions

Use SAFe assessments to guide agile maturity

Collaborate with Communities of Practice and transformation leaders

Partner with the technical product owner to align vision and backlog

Support product roadmap development and communication

Ensure product goals align with ART objectives