Scrum Master/ Release Train Engineer

Title- Release Train Engineer RTE / Scrum Master
Location- Plano, TX or Bedminster, NJ- Onsite
Type- Contract- C2C Works
Duration- 18+ Months

Job Description:

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Typical tasks may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Has over Four (4) years of experience working as a Release Train Engineer, Five (5) years of experience working as a Scrum Master and Five (5) years and as a Project Manager.
Drive program/release level processes for an Agile Release Train demonstrating stellar servant leadership, coupled with domain knowledge and technical savvy.
Mentor and coach Agile Release Train on Agile/Lean/SAFe principles. Escalate impediments, manage risks, dependencies and resourcing needs.
Facilitate Program Increment planning meetings with leadership, business stakeholders, and product management and delivery teams on the Agile Release Train(s). Requirements Gathering and Documentation: Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, document, and maintain detailed business and technical requirements (Waterfall methodology) or user stories (Agile methodology).
Stakeholder Communication and Liaison: Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure clear understanding, alignment of project goals, and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
Validation, Verification, and Quality Assurance: Coordinate and participate in testing and UAT activities to ensure requirements/user stories are accurately implemented and final deliverables meet business requirements and quality standards.
Change and Risk Management: Manage changes to requirements/user stories, assess their impact on project scope, timeline, and resources, and identify and mitigate related risks.
Project Planning and Continuous Improvement: Assist in project planning activities, such as creating timelines and resource allocation plans, while continuously seeking opportunities to improve requirements management/user stories processes and tools.
Extensive understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including Waterfall, Agile Scrum and Rational Unified Process (RUP).
Experience in facilitating Sprint Ceremonies (Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective) for each of the Agile SCRUM methodology sprints as a SCRUM master.
Expertise in handling SCRUM artifacts (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint Burn Down chart
Knowledge of Agentic AI and autonomous AI systems that can act independently to achieve pre-determined goals without constant human oversight.
Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning meetings.