Release Train Engineer - 100% Remote

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Able to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

RTE
SAFe
Azure DevOps

Job Details

Proven RTE Experience in an enterprise environment
Strong experience with Azure DevOps
SAFe Experience
Strong experience/ knowledge of Agile Software Development
Experience working on MarTech projects is strongly preferred
Job Description
The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is responsible for facilitating the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Training (ART) processes and program execution, escalating impediments, managing risks, and helping drive program-level relentless improvement. The RTE is also responsible for facilitating program-level work within the SAFe framework and providing Agile coaching to all teams on the ART.

-Provide management and guidance for the Agile Release Train (ART) relating to utilization of Agile practices and how to best ensure successful execution of Program Objectives.
-Work with all team members and stakeholders to achieve alignment.
Collaborate with other RTE s to ensure delivery of program level objectives across the business.
-Driving delivery of train value and reporting on the value achieved.
-Provides broad oversight to ART capacity, budgets, and costs to ensure valuation optimization including tracking, reporting, and communication to leadership.
-Schedule and facilitate key train ceremonies including Pre- and Post- Program Increment (PI) planning, PI planning, Scrum of Scrums, and ART Sync meetings.
-Continuously improve and facilitate innovation on the train by leveraging the Innovation and Planning Sprint, Inspect & Adapt, and Train Retrospectives.
Aggregate ART teams objectives into Program PI Objectives.
-Provide Agile coaching to all members of the ART, as needed, to ensure proper program execution and program/feature grooming, including guidance on work breakdown for user stories, prioritization, estimation of work, evaluation of team velocity, decision-making, resourcing, removing impediments, and ultimately, delivery of value.
-Assess the Scaled Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to attain higher levels of maturity.
-Assist with internal and external communication and improve transparency of information and decisions.

This job profile is not intended to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required

Comprehensive knowledge of or experience with an enterprise SAFe Agile process. This includes tools and techniques, including Kanban boards, user story writing, burndown techniques, and retrospective facilitation.

Working experience with Azure DevOps required.

Excellent communication and mentoring skills.

Team level experience collaborating to deliver business value.

Strong knowledge of Agile software development processes and techniques.

Familiarity with secure code design
principles and practices.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with an ability to express complex technical concepts in business terms.

Strong analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills.

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