Release Train Engineer

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Release Train Engineer position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role involves planning for the team, including Pre-Planning and PI Planning Events, and representing the team in Scrum of Scrums. The ideal candidate will drive agile execution to meet business outcomes, perform hands-on training and coaching in all aspects of Lean-Agile, and help lead teams to embrace a learning mindset. This position requires a hybrid schedule with a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Planning for the team (Pre-Planning/Preparation and PI Planning Events) and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs
• Drive agile execution to meet business outcomes and priorities
• Perform hands-on training/coaching to teams in all aspects of Lean-Agile
• Lead roles and teams to embrace a Lean-Agile and learning mindset
• Provide guidance about how to create and manage an intake process, healthy backlog, and how to facilitate valuable Agile ceremonies
• Align teams to enterprise Agile standards and practices, and coach team members through change
• Help the team define norms/agreements, i.e. Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforce the agreements
• Establish agile metrics and reporting
• Ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO)
• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team
• Measure team delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities

Requirements:

• 7-10 years of experience in technology in an agile delivery environment including in a hands-on Agile Release Train Engineer role (or comparable role)
• Working knowledge of Lean Agile SDLC processes and deliverables
• Working knowledge of Application Lifecycle Management
• Ability to translate Agile concepts into business outcomes
• Strong command of Agile metrics
• Experience in education at all levels of management within the agile framework (portfolio, program, team)
• Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skills
• Strong facilitation and organization skills
• Process and detailed oriented
• Willingness to be accountable for meeting all deliverable dates for task assignments
• Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and help team solve problems
• Self-motivation, self-direction, organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex fast-paced environment without sacrificing quality or timelines
• Experience with Agile tools (Jira)

Desired skills:

• Enterprise-Scale Agile Experience
• Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management, Value stream identification and optimization, OKRs, funding models, and capacity allocation
• Experience aligning strategy to execution
• Large scale Agile coaching experience
• Experience with Jira Align
• Ability to influence without direct authority
• SAFe certification(s) - strongly preferred - SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Practice Consultant (SPC), ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Coaching (ICP)
• Project Management experience

Pay range: $74.51 - $82.51 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.