Agile - Release Train Engineer (RTE) (Experienced or Senior)
About The Position
The Boeing Company is seeking a highly motivated Agile - Release Train Engineer (RTE) (Experienced or Senior) to join a large Air Dominance Division Mission Systems Software team using Agile in Berkeley, MO. This position will lead and/or support an agile organization in implementing new software capabilities within the platform as defined by a capability roadmap. The organization is responsible for the full lifecycle of software development, including requirements, design, implementation, and testing for mission systems. The agile leader will act as a servant leader and coach, overseeing and optimizing the flow of value on the program using tools like Jira and Confluence. Responsibilities include facilitating workshops, escalating impediments, managing risk, ensuring value delivery, and driving relentless improvement. The leader will also coach leaders and teams in new processes and mindsets, and help sustain and improve Agile execution on the program. The candidate must have a strong understanding of scaling Lean and Agile practices and the unique challenges of facilitating and aligning a large organization with multiple stakeholders.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship.
- Ability to obtain Secret U.S. Security clearance (Pre-Start)
- Ability to obtain access to Special Access Programs (SAP)
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 2+ years of experience with Scaled Agile Framework or Agile Methodologies
- 2+ years of experience with Agile delivery and metrics
- 1+ years of experience in a leadership role
- Must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. A “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Nice To Haves
- Level 4: 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Agile/SAFe training and/or certification, for example: SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), SAFe Release Train Engineer Certification (RTE), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), Project Management Institute- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- Familiarity with Jira and Confluence
- Critical thinking skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Responsibilities
- Coaches leaders and teams in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
- Drives relentless improvement and assesses the agility level of the organization and helps them improve
- Fosters preparation of Vision, Objectives and Program Backlogs
- Ensures backlogs are managed in accordance with defined standards
- Tracks the execution of features and capabilities
- Facilitates roadmap development
- Supports inter- and intra-team dependency mapping
- Prepares for and facilitates quarterly planning and execution of the plan
- Encourages cross-functional collaboration across the organization
- Works with Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment
- Help manage risks and dependencies
- Escalate and track impediments
- Ensure standards are established and followed
- Monitor and improve metrics to track and improve the flow of value
Benefits
- health insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
