Release Train Engineer

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART). The RTE?s major responsibilities are to facilitate the ART events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value. RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk, and drive relentless improvement.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Escalates impediments and help manage risk
Engages with business stakeholders to configure agile processes to the organization?s needs
Fosters cross-value stream coordination and collaboration to help drive continual improvement
Drives multiple release planning sessions
Resolves impediments outside of a scrum master?s span of influence
Tracks dependencies and risks across the portfolio
Promotes an environment that anticipates and acts upon potential threats or opportunities
Provides leadership, direction and coaching to scrum teams and scrum masters
Maintains metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on program-level plans, progress and quality
Assesses the costs and potential benefits of new approaches to release management
Implements automation processes where possible
Ensures the agreed quality standards within an organization are adhered to and best practice is promulgated throughout the organization
Aligns strategy, methodology and execution
Qualifications
Experience with Kanban/software development life cycle
Deep and broad knowledge base in fundamental IT technical skill sets
Practical experience with Scaled Agile and Agile Methodologies
Demonstrated strong presentation and communication skills.
Excellent problem solving skills and leadership ability
Ability to work with, coach, and lead multiple teams
Ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment
Understanding of all stages of the Agile software development process
Strong time management skills including work planning, prioritization, and organization along with an ability to handle multiple priorities and tasks
Demonstrated ability to guide others through change