Release Train Engineer Job Description

Release Train Engineer Job Description Template

Our company is looking for a Release Train Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive relentless improvement;
  • Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets;
  • Work with enterprise agile centers of excellence;
  • Facilitate PI planning events;
  • Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the DevSecOps and Release on Demand competency;
  • Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities;
  • Escalate and track impediments;
  • Facilitate periodic synchronization meetings;
  • Encourage collaboration between teams and System Architects/Engineering;
  • Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART using various tools, such as the Program Kanban and other information radiators;
  • Work with management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment;
  • Assure the correct individuals on the ART own, mitigate, and communicate issues and risks;
  • Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks;
  • Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices;
  • Establish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs).

Requirements:

  • Enacting change & continuous improvement to increase the productivity of the ART;
  • Leading the Program Team through Release Planning readiness and Continuous Grooming;
  • SAFe Certified;
  • Participates in and supports Agile Communities of Practice;
  • Collecting, documenting, managing, and helping to mitigate program issues and risks;
  • Maintaining stakeholder communications flow for transparency and awareness;
  • Escalating impediments that may impact the progress of the ART;
  • Promoting Agile practices to all members of the Agile Release Train (ART);
  • Awareness of program level budget (time, money, and resources) and roadmap;
  • At least 5 years of experience leading Agile Transformation;
  • Assisting business with economic decision making by facilitating epic estimation by teams and rolling up to achieve Program level visibility;
  • Ownership of feature completion tracking, metrics, and corresponding communications both within and outside of the train;
  • Scrum Alliance CSM or CSP certification or PMI’s Agile Certified Professional (ACP);
  • Facilitating program ceremonies including Planning, Inspect and Adapt Workshops, System Demos, and Program Level Scrum of Scrums;
  • Bachelor’s degree.