Release Train Engineer

4 weeks ago


Richmond, California, United States DataStaff Full time

DataStaff, Inc is seeking a Release Train Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients located in Richmond, VA.

The selected candidate will need to be onsite 3 days/week.

Our client is looking for a passionate and result-oriented individual who will take over a technical Scaled Agile train as Release Train Engineer (RTE) that supports Power Platform development.

Responsibilities:

  • Empower teams, facilitate the ART events, effectively communicate with stakeholders, coach teams to ensure Agile processes are being followed, support teams with self-organization, escalate and help resolve impediments, and continuously improve teams/train to maximize value delivery.
  • Perform Scrum Master/Project Manager duties as needed.
  • Plan, lead, organize, and motivate agile and traditional project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering projects that provide exceptional business value to the internal and external stakeholders.
  • Drive consistent project delivery through the entire project lifecycle, including: Project plans, Release plans, Resource allocation, and management of project risks, schedule, budget, and delivery of value.
  • Provide leadership in the establishment and development of project base line budgets, resource allocation, and schedules.
  • Track and communicate project's progress from a schedule, cost, and risk perspective to the project team, stakeholders, and management.
  • Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using various tools, such as the Program Kanban and other information radiators.
  • Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs).
  • Facilitate PI Planning readiness, PI Planning event, and PI execution e.g. Roadmap, Backlogs, Risks, Dependencies, and PI Objectives, etc.
  • Assist feature prioritization, tracking the execution of features e.g. Train level metrics.
  • Facilitate synchronization meetings e.g. Scrum of Scrums and Program Committee Meetings.
  • Coach Managers, Teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
  • Escalate and track impediments, help identify and address critical bottlenecks.
  • Encourage collaboration between teams, Engineering, and Enterprise Architects.
  • Help ensure strategy and execution alignment (Product Management and Stakeholders).
  • Assess practices with DevOps, etc. and help improve Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
  • Conduct Inspect and Adapt workshops, facilitate System Demos, assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve.
  • Ability to take on additional responsibilities such as Scrum Master, Community of Practice, etc.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • PMP and Scrum Master Certification is required.
  • SAFe SPC or RTE Certification is required.
  • 5 years of RTE experience is required.
  • 3 years of RTE experience managing Power Platform teams is required.
  • An understanding of creating and maintaining Program Increment Backlogs.
  • Ability to lead and direct the software development teams through program increment and program iteration planning.
  • Experience with agile software development for complex Information Technology systems.
  • Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
  • Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills.
  • Strong verbal/written communication skills with the ability to simplify and communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
  • Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
  • Expertise with Project Management tools such as Microsoft Project, Visio, and MS Office.
  • Experience with Agile collaboration tools such as Team Foundation Server, JIRA, Version One, etc.

Well-versed, have led projects using Traditional and Agile methodologies, and be comfortable with autonomously leading in a matrixed environment.

Required Skills:

  • 5 Years - SAFe Agile Release Train Engineer Hands-on Experience.
  • 3 Years - SAFe Agile Release Train Engineer Experience managing Power Platform teams.
  • 5 Years - Balance business/technical background to provide highly credible leadership to technology teams.
  • 12 Years - Ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
  • 12 Years - Strong verbal/written communication skills with the ability to simplify and communicate complex issues to multiple audiences.
  • 3 Years - Hands-on experience with MS Project
  • PMP Certification
  • Scrum Master Certification
  • SAFe SPC or RTE Certification

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.



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