Release Train Engineer

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage & optimize the flow through the Agile Release Train (ART) using program kanban and other tools

• Establish and communicate the annual/bi-annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PIs)

• Facilitate PI planning event and PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs, and through Pre- and Post-PI Planning events for ART

• Summarize Team PI objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency

• Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART sync

• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating prioritisation workshops using WSJF , where necessary

• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing the practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline

• Facilitate Inspect & Adapt event which includes System Demos, Quantitative and qualitative measurement,  Retrospective and problem-solving workshop

• Ensure ART has needed environment, tools, skills in place to start with necessary development activities

Technical Skills :

• Agile Frameworks including SAFe

• Agile Metrics

• Release Management

• Risk Management

• Agile Budgeting

• Product Lifecycle Management

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Assist tracking the execution of EPICs

• Support Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment

• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle

• Work with DevSecOps CoE on program execution and operational excellence

• Understand and operate within Lean Budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails

Soft Skills:

• Effective Communication

• Facilitation

• Ability to simplify things

• Systems Thinking

• Empathy

• Stakeholder management

Tool Skills:

• Jira, Jira Align

• PowerPoint

• SharePoint

• Mural or any collaborative platform

• Microsoft Vision