Technology Partners is currently seeking a talented Release Train Engineer (RTE) – Remote.
Do you have experience as a servant leader and coach in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environments with expertise in coordinating multiple agile teams and facilitating DevOps toolchain delivery?
Let us help you make your next big career move a reality!
What You Will Be Doing:
- Act as servant leader and coach for an Agile Release Train (ART) that delivers comprehensive DevOps toolchain solutions
- Establish and improve ART events and practices while coordinating multiple agile teams across CI/CD pipeline, AWS cloud infrastructure, Splunk logging and monitoring, and Digital Data Platform initiatives
- Play a crucial role in fostering continuous improvement, driving ART success, and collaborating with technical product owners to integrate product thinking into agile practices
- Facilitate PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops to ensure smooth delivery and team coordination
- Implement and monitor SAFe flow metrics to optimize value delivery and identify bottlenecks across the development process
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish, mature, and facilitate ART events including PI Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops
- Collaborate with Product Management, System Architects, and Business Owners to ensure effective ART leadership
- Coordinate activities across multiple agile teams including CI/CD pipeline, AWS cloud, Splunk logging and monitoring, and DDP teams
- Support Scrum Masters/Team Coaches in removing impediments and promoting continuous improvement
- Prepare ART for PI planning, ensuring readiness in continuous exploration, ART backlog alignment, and event logistics
- Maintain progress during PI execution, facilitate ART events, and support ART backlog refinement
- Establish and maintain ART Kanban system to ensure smooth value flow
- Implement and monitor all five SAFe flow metrics: Flow Distribution, Flow Velocity, Flow Time, Flow Efficiency, Flow Predictability
- Use flow metrics to identify bottlenecks, guide decision-making, and drive continuous improvement
- Facilitate value stream mapping to identify and address delays and inefficiencies
- Coach ART roles including Business Owners, System Architects, and Product Managers using servant leadership approach
- Communicate program status, achievements, and challenges to leadership and stakeholders
- Work closely with technical product owner to integrate product thinking into ART's agile practices
- Drive relentless improvement through Inspect and Adapt workshops and just-in-time improvements
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree from accredited university (Master's degree preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in Agile methodologies, preferably in Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) environment
- 3+ years of experience in servant leadership role within software development or IT operations
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles and practices
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and communication skills
- Proven ability to coordinate large, complex programs with multiple teams
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud technologies (preferably AWS), and monitoring tools
- Certified SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) or equivalent certification
- Experience working with product owners and integrating product management practices into agile frameworks
- Strong analytical skills and proven ability to make sound decisions with ambiguous information
- Ability to effectively influence others and build consensus
- Excellent communication skills including presentation, written, and verbal abilities
Desired Skills & Experience:
- ServiceNow and ITIL incident and change management experience
- Prior experience in the Utility industry
- Exposure to designing and developing DevOps toolchains
- Understanding of cybersecurity and compliance tools and controls
- Exposure to Cloud, DevSecOps, Logging, and Monitoring applications
- Experience with Jira and Confluence
- Hands-on experience with AWS, Splunk, Jenkins, GitHub, SonarQube, JFrog
- Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and communicate recommendations to executive management
- High energy and passionate outlook with ability to promote innovative thinking
- Confidence to be voice of authority and do what's best for customers and organization
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all organizational levels
- Experience with value stream mapping and flow optimization techniques
Pay: $50.40 – $72.00 /hr.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this time or accept candidates who would require a corp-to-corp agreement.
If this position sounds like you, WE SHOULD TALK!
Your better future is ready, and we want to put the right tools in your hands to get you there. Let's go!
Keywords: Release Train Engineer, RTE, Agile Release Train, ART, Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe, Servant Leader, DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline, AWS, Cloud Infrastructure, Splunk, Logging, Monitoring, Digital Data Platform
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