Lead Release Train Engineer

Lumen Technologies•,

2d•$105,786 - $155,152•Remote

About The Position

The Lead Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for the Agile Release Train (ART) within Lumen’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). You will be responsible for facilitating ART-level execution, coordinating planning across multiple Agile teams, managing risks and dependencies, and helping teams deliver value predictably. The RTE drives the execution discipline and structured escalation by ensuring planning readiness, improving flow, removing impediments, and keeping the ART aligned to business priorities, product roadmaps, and technical delivery commitments. You will partner closely with Product Management, Product Owners, System Architects, Scrum Masters, STEs, TPMs, Engineering leaders, and stakeholders to ensure the ART executes as one coordinated delivery system.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in technical program management, Agile delivery leadership, SDLC operations, release management, Scrum Master leadership, or scaled Agile execution.
Demonstrated ability to apply Agile at Scale concepts to manage aligned features, improve flow, and support predictable delivery across an ART.

Nice To Haves

2+ years operating in or directly supporting an ART-level environment preferred.
Embodies an agile servant-leader mindset, participates in Communities of Practice, supports coaching for ART-level roles, and encourages collaboration across the train.
Experience with Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, Agile dashboards, flow metrics, dependency tracking, and executive-ready delivery reporting preferred.
SAFe RTE, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Scrum Master, SPC, CSM, or equivalent experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Facilitate PI Planning readiness, PI Planning, ART Sync, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt, and related ART operating-cadence ceremonies for one Agile Release Train.
Coordinate planning and execution across teams on the ART; ensure features are understood, stories are slotted, dependencies are visible, and teams are aligned to a credible PI plan.
Identify, track, manage, and escalate ART-level risks, impediments, constraints, and dependencies before they threaten delivery commitments.
Own ART-level metrics and reporting, including flow, velocity, predictability, feature throughput, delivery health, and commitment progress in the designated management tool.
Coordinate ART release readiness, release execution, release-on-demand support, and movement of features through deploying and releasing states.
Drive continuous improvement for the ART by facilitating retrospectives and Inspect & Adapt events, ensuring improvement actions are captured, owned, and incorporated into future planning.