Job Title: Release Train Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA 30319
Duration: 24+ Months with possible extensions
Interview Process: Phone/WebEx
Additional Sites: Dallas, TX, New York, NY, New Jersey, NJ, St Louis, MO, Chicago, IL
*** Candidate required to be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. National***
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA however open to the following additional HUB LOCATIONS of NYC, NJ, St Louis, Chicago, and Dallas. Due to COVID-19 this position will begin remote; however once restrictions lift, they will be expected to return to the office on an as needed basis.
Required Skills:
Release Train Engineer:
Program Management:
Scaled Agile:
Top 5 Skills / Additional Job Posting Description Details *
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 6+ years of Agile Delivery & Methodology Experience
• 5+ years of Program Management experience in a multi-product matrixed organization
• 5+ years of experience with Agile/Scaled Agile Development, Agile Delivery and Agile Metrics
• Skilled at juggling multiple demands
• Ability to function well in uncertain situations
• Experience with negotiation and critical thinking
• Demonstrates strong sense of urgency, ownership and operates in a collaborative manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear manner to peers, developers, and senior leaders.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Candidate will
1) collaborate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement.
2) interact with various levels of the organization and provide support for multiple scrum teams as an Uber Scrum Master (unlike the Scrum Master where the primary focus is on the team).
3) Work closely on a day-to-day basis with their Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Product Managers, and Enterprise Architects to understand features and drive release train delivery.
4) Collaborate with Portfolio Managers to understand and shape the definition of portfolio programs, assess progress/health, and report metrics.
5) Champion and foster project change management processes and procedures.
6) Lead increment planning sessions to establish scope and build release plans.
7) drive agile team maturity, perform metrics analysis, and drive improvement based on trends,
8) Coach and continuous development of product and delivery in Agile Practices, reinforce training and process.
9) manage risks and impediments (management & resolution).
10) Create One Team Culture to unify business & tech development.
11) Provide input to leadership on changes for continuous improvements.
12) Continuously apply Lean Agile Thinking.
13) Support the design, development, and utilization of tools.
14) Facilitate improvement initiatives with retrospectives with Action Plans.
15) Attend systems and solution demos.