Release Train Engineer

Job Description:

A Release Train Engineer (RTE), is a servant leader, who is responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating the ART ceremonies, managing dependencies across teams in the ART, and providing visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. This role ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. They manage finances for the ART and assist with resource planning. A RTE I, is an individual contributor at the program level.

· Helps define norms/agreements for the ART and enforces the agreements.

· Coordinates and facilitates ART ceremonies–e.g., Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ARTSync (or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, Retrospective.

· In collaboration with the PM, ensures the program has a healthy product/program backlog.

· Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART.

· Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments.

· Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership.

· Ensures Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART.

· Measures ART delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.

· Captures data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs.

· Prior Client experience.

· Experience with leading large trains

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $80.00 - $85.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Experience level:

• 10 years

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Are you comfortable with 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

Experience:

• Over all work: 10 years (Required)
• Agile Release Train (ART): 5 years (Required)
• Define norms/agreements for the ART and enforces: 5 years (Required)
• Coordinates and facilitates ART ceremonies: 5 years (Required)
• ART to support value delivery and PI commitments: 2 years (Required)
• Measures ART delivery, maturity, and performance: 2 years (Required)
• Leading large trains: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Kennesaw, GA 30144: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kennesaw, GA 30144