DevOps Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 24 week(s)

Skills

DevOps
Agile

Job Details

DevOps Release Train Engineer (RTE)

Primary Location: Missouri, MO

V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a DevOps Release Train Engineer (RTE) (Remote) for our premier client in Missouri MO.

Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college is required, master's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in Agile methodologies, preferably in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
  • 3+ years of experience in a servant leadership role within software development or IT operations - Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices - Excellent facilitation, coaching, and communication skills
  • Proven ability to coordinate large, complex programs with multiple teams - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud technologies (preferably AWS), and monitoring tools
  • Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent certification
  • Experience working with product owners and integrating product management practices into agile frameworks


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • RTE but rather they are Scrum Masters, Project Managers or Agile Coaches


Agile Release Train (ART) Leadership and Facilitation:
  • Establish, mature, and facilitate ART events and practices, including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops
  • Collaborate with Product Management, System Architect, and Business Owners to ensure effective ART leadership
  • Coordinate activities across multiple agile teams, including CI/CD pipeline, AWS cloud, Splunk logging and monitoring, and DDP teams
  • Support Scrum Masters/Team Coaches in removing impediments and promoting continuous improvement

Coaching and Servant Leadership:
  • Adopt a servant leadership approach, supporting teams to become self-organizing and self-managing
  • Coach ART roles, including Business Owners, System Architects, and Product Managers
  • Use powerful questions to encourage deeper reflection and self-discovery among team members and leaders
  • Create an environment where everyone on the ART can share challenges openly



Preferred
  • ServiceNow and ITIL incident and change management preferred.
  • Prior experience in the Utility industry preferred.
  • Exposure to Cloud, DevSecOps, Logging, and Monitoring applications preferred.
  • Experience with Jira, Confluence preferred.
  • Exposure to AWS, Splunk, Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, JFrog preferred.
  • Exposure to designing and developing DevOps toolchains preferred.
  • Understanding of cybersecurity and compliance tools and controls preferred.


WHAT YOULL DO:
Job Responsibilities:


Flow Optimization:
  • Establish and maintain the ART Kanban system to ensure smooth value flow
  • Implement and monitor all five SAFe flow metrics across the ART: Flow Distribution, Flow Velocity, Flow Time, Flow Efficiency, Flow Predictability
  • Use flow metrics to identify bottlenecks, guide decision-making, and drive continuous improvement
  • Facilitate value stream mapping to identify and address delays and inefficiencies in the development process
  • Work to reduce or eliminate cross-team dependencies that impede flow
  • Collaborate with teams to establish and refine WIP limits that optimize flow and quality
  • Coach teams and stakeholders on interpreting flow metrics and using them to guide improvements
  • Report on flow metrics to ART leadership and stakeholders, highlighting trends and opportunities for optimization
  • Align flow optimization efforts with the overall goals of the DevOps toolchain and the organization's strategic objectives.


Collaboration with Technical Product Owner:
  • Work closely with the new technical product owner to integrate product thinking into the ART's agile practices
  • Support the technical product owner in developing and maintaining the product roadmap within the agile framework
  • Facilitate the alignment of the product vision, NOW WE'RE BIG TIME, with the ART's objectives and PI planning process.
  • Coach the technical product owner on effective ways to communicate product strategy and priorities to the ART
  • Collaborate on backlog refinement to ensure that product requirements are well-defined and aligned with the DevOps toolchain vision
  • Actively participates in agile team's ceremonies and represents the team in project or program planning events.


Interested?

Qualified candidates should send their resumes to mkasoju@vsoftconsulting.com

V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.S. V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks.

As a valued V-Soft Consultant, youre eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more. V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth.

V-Soft Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

For more information or to view all our open jobs, please visit www.vsoftconsulting.com or call (844) 425-8425.

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