Release Train Engineer

Job Title: Release Train Engineer

Work Location: Halifax, HS (Remote)

Type: Contract

Job Description

• The Release Train Engineer work includes serving as the overall facilitator and coach of a moderately complex Agile Release Train (ART). This includes leveraging various Agile methodologies and Program Maturity, Assessments, Metrics, Dashboards to both coach and demonstrate to the teams how they best align around value delivery with the spirit of continuous improvement.
• Leverages feedback loops and ceremonies designed to identify and navigate the various challenges that are impeding the flow of work. Overall, the Release Train Engineer encourages a culture of innovation by implementing SAFe Agile processes and principles which include techniques to increase collaboration, predictability, transparency and velocity.
• Serves as the ART conductor, leading the appropriate use of SAFe principles, ceremonies and tools for a moderately complex program
• Facilitates PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process that drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre and PostPI Planning events
• Enables ART Jira Align adoption
• Actively coaches, mentors and influences technical teams, scrum masters, and business partners in LeanAgile practices and mindsets
• Helps teams refine value streams
• Coaches the teams to identify and remediate related dependencies/barriers including taking ownership of improvement items that come from the Inspect & Adapt and ProblemSolving Workshop events
• Encourage collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects and Engineering
• Creates collaborative environments resulting in aligned decisions among program, technical and business teams
• Orchestrates synchronized program level processes and executes across several scrum and product teams
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
• Work with the Agility Enablement Hub on the overall program execution and operational excellence
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and BuiltIn Quality practices
• Ensures teams maintain focus on quality and continuous delivery of business value while generating artifacts necessary to maintain cadence and synchronization on the train
• Makes decisions on moderately complex issues exercising discretion and judgement over policies and practices. Works independently determining methods and approach to work. Determines priorities and timelines for own work.

Required Qualifications:

• Scaled Agile (SAFe) certification(s): RTE 6.0 (active license)
• Typically, 5+ years related experience including 2+ on large scale, technically complex projects
• 3+ years experience working within the SAFe Framework as and RTE, scrum master, other related mentorship type role, or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities
• 4+ years experience of Agile/Scrum/Kanban development methodology
• 4+ years experience in Demonstrating execution through complex value streams
• 8+ years experience in working across multiple teams of stakeholders including IT Teams, Business Teams, Product Managers, Product Owners and Portfolio Managers
• 5+ years experience in demonstrating Excellent communication skills, mentorship/leadership competencies, expertise in operating through influence, and high level of emotional intelligence
• 5+ years experience in contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or a related field
• and/or Safe Program Consultant (SPC) 6.0
• Familiarity of one or more Agile Lifecycle Management Tools like Azure DevOps or JIRA Align
• Advanced Scrum Master certification like CSPSM, ACSM, or PSM III
• Prior experience in the health solutions industry
• Familiarity of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Familiarity in Product Management
• Familiarity in omnichannel experiences