Job Title: IT Engineer (Cloud Release Train Engineer)

Location: Hybrid, Vienna, VA

Duration: 6 month contract with extensions

Description:

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) acts as the Scrum Master and Coach for an Agile Release Train (ART) or group of Agile Delivery Teams. The focus is on delivery, process improvement, removing team impediments, driving alignment, facilitating Program or ART level ceremonies. Additional duties include helping and coaching team members and encouraging a smooth flow of value. Participation on projects (primarily Cloud-related) with increasing complexity, under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgment. Understanding of business, products and operating environment is critical; Accomplish general to advanced problem-solving needs and leads project teams thru complexities and ambiguities. Career professional within field; skilled and proficient in discipline. Candidates with experience leading large mission critical financial on premise to cloud migration efforts especially in the banking sector preferred.

Responsibilities:

Enable teams to remove impediments. Act as escalation point for impediments the team cannot remove in a timely manner

Own escalated impediments and raise issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner

Continuously work with teams and to deliver Objectives

Own the Agile Release Train Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAID) or Risks, Owned, Accepted, Mitigated (ROAM) logs

Manage dependencies between Development Teams within and across Programs or Agile Release Trains

Partner with others to identify and address staffing and tool needs

Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning

Actively drive and ensure alignment between workstreams in the ART by facilitating necessary meetings and working sessions

Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities

Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, etc.)

Update and communicate Release Plans

Collaborate with Product Management, Systems Architects, teams and others as people as needed to teams maintain a state of high-performance

Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders

Support the Communities of Practice as needed

Assist with developing and delivering training and workshops as requested

Become an influential leader within for the team and promote Agility across client.

Encourage teams to embrace a Lean/Agile Mindset but be cognizant delivering the work is the top priority.

Help resolve team conflicts when needed

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Significant experience working in a large IT organization as a Program Manager, Delivery Lead or Release Train Engineer successfully coaching and transitioning teams, programs, and portfolios

SAFe RTE, Leading SAFE or SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

Extensive hands-on experience working within Information Technology

Experience working with tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, etc.

Experience in creating reporting metrics and dashboards that illustrate the flow of value

Experience in leading successful delivery teams

Experience in software development

Experience as a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead in leading transformation

Successful track record implementing Agile methodologies

Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors

Experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff

Ability to coach and mentor scrum masters and empower the delivery teams to embrace agility

Ability to remove impediments that impact the team s planned execution

Ability to create release plans and roadmaps needed for existing product or platform release

Advanced skill to influence, negotiate and persuade to reach agreeable exchange and positive outcomes

Advanced skill in motivating and uplifting team members using teaching/mentoring skills

Advanced skill building effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact

Advanced problem solving, collaboration, critical thinking, team building, and presentation skills

Advanced verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills

Advanced word processing, spreadsheet, diagramming, and presentation software skills

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a matrixed environment

Advanced skill to deliver presentations to virtual and in-person teams

Desired Qualifications and Education Requirements:

SAFe Program Consultant Certification

CSPO, PMI, Scrum@Scale Practitioner, CSPO or other advanced Agile Certification

Experience leading Agile teams as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Release Train Engineer

Experience working within an organization going through an Agile transformation

Advanced knowledge of client's functions, philosophy, operations and organizational objectives

Experience engaging with product teams and managing implementations of Cloud solutions including aspects like compute, network, storage, security, monitoring, automation, and cost optimization

Understanding of hybrid and full cloud infrastructure technologies (Preferably Azure - IaaS, PaaS & SaaS solutions)

Experience in implementing cloud-based solutions that leverages cloud best practices and security controls

Understanding of various serverless technologies and container-based platforms including Azure Functions, Kubernetes and Docker

Ability to facilitate Cloud intake and Program Increments readiness activities with Architects, Engineers and Product owners and foster the delivery of features and capabilities

Experience managing implementations related to large final institutions ideally related to Core Banking services