Release Train Engineer

Found in: Appcast Linkedin GBL C2 - 2 weeks ago

Chicago, United States Apex Systems Full time

Release Train Engineer

Work Location: Must be local to Chicago (onsite 3 days per week)

Work Hours: 8:00amm- 5:00pm CST

Duration: 12+ month contract

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for an Agile Release Train (ART). The RTE is responsible for facilitating program execution and helping the teams deliver value. The RTE helps the ART grow its agile maturity in order to rapidly respond to change. Besides facilitating ART events and processes, RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risks and dependencies, and drive relentless improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART, using various tools such as the Program Kanban and other information radiators.

• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs.

• Facilitate the PI planning event. Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART Sync. Facilitate System Demos.

• Improve the flow of value through the Value Stream by improving practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.

• Summarize the Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.

• Assist tracking the execution of features and epics.

• Capture, analyze, and publish appropriate team and program metrics that drive and guide delivery decisions.

• Build and manage timely communication channels with leadership, business stakeholders and delivery teams

• Help teams manage risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments; provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.

• Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment. Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Enterprise Architects/Engineering.

• Working with Engineering leadership, ensure inclusion in program backlog of Non-functional Requirements (NFRs) and support awareness of delivery controls and compliance

• Drive relentless improvement of the ART via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve and mature.

• Partnering with Modern Delivery Methods, coach leaders, stakeholders, teams, product owners, and scrum masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.

• Work with ART Product Owners and Scrum Masters to identify items to escalate to the program leadership team, IT leaders and steering committee. Recommend staffing, delivery, and schedule optimizations.

Qualifications

Required:

• Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions.

• Experience as an RTE or scrum master.

• Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset.

• Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities.

• Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills.

• Problem-solving skills and ability to coach others to solve their problems.

• Strong written and verbal communication.

• Ability to lead teams to reach consensus and have passion for product and value delivery.

• Creative - able to use knowledge gained through prior experience, education, and training to resolve issues and remove delivery barriers.

• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with business and represent accurately the perspective of Technology.

• Expert in Azure DevOps tool. Able to set up new ART/Teams structure templates, queries, dashboards etc.

• Ability to work productively with all levels in a large organization.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent educational or professional experience and qualifications.

• 5-10 years of relevant work experience in a leadership role.

• Three or more years of experience with Agile methods, especially scaling frameworks (SAFe, SoS, LeSS, etc.)

• Proven expertise in managing the delivery of mid-to-large digital or enterprise applications.

• Ability to understand and relate to the business objectives

• Experience working with distributed teams: internal teams and offshore vendor teams.

Preferred:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or other Scaled Agile certifications a plus.

• Experience with leading or supporting an agile transformation

• Financial Services or other regulated industry experience a plus.

• IC-Agile certifications a plus.

• Extensive experience with Agile engineering practices and techniques

Top 3-5 IT Skillsets:

Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions.

• Experience as an RTE or scrum master.

• Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset.

• Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities.

• Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills.

• Problem-solving skills and ability to coach others to solve their problems.

• Strong written and verbal communication.

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