Release Train Engineer

Acara

264d • $55 - $92 • Remote

About The Position

Are you a Release Train Engineer looking to join one of the top companies in the Banking Industry? Are you looking to further your career and grow? Do you have experience in using agile in a business environment? If you answered yes to those three questions, then today! Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work Remotely with our client in, NY. Interested?

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in using agile in a business environment.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Jira, Target Process, Reporting, Capacity Planning.

Responsibilities

• Provides servant leadership and coaching to a program-level Agile Release Train (ART) containing multiple cross-functional agile teams through Agile principles, including Program Increment (PI) planning and Scrum of Scrums.
• Ensures all teams within the ART are positioned to deliver value to the Company, maintains transparency into program delivery predictability and forecasting, and keeps all stakeholders and team members informed of the ART's progress.
• Supports the ART teams by removing impediments, focusing on value delivery, and ensuring the program backlog is clearly defined and prioritized.
• Keeps the program on track to ensure successful value delivery for the organization.
• Organize and facilitate program-level communication and ceremonies, including PI planning events, Scrum of Scrums, ART Synchs (synchronizations), and retrospective ceremonies.
• Work closely with Senior Product Owners to ensure alignment on the value of features, facilitate the intake of work, prioritize the program backlog, and distribute work to the teams within the ART.
• Keep stakeholders informed of the ART's progress by utilizing program-level reporting, tools, and dashboards to ensure alignment with program objectives and the organization's overall vision.
• Ensure successful value delivery by enabling program-level transparency, predictability, forecasting, and coordinating release planning activities.
• Manage risks, facilitate alignment, provide transparency, identify dependencies, and remove impediments within the ART.
• Lead and coach Scrum Masters within the ART.
• Influence senior leaders and coach the ART teams to ensure the use of Agile practices and principles.
• Work with other RTEs across the organization to resolve process issues and optimize execution based on key metrics and performance indicators.
• Participate within and grow Agile Communities of Practice to foster continuous improvements to agile practices and delivery.
• Exercise the usual authority of a manager concerning staffing, performance appraisals, promotions, salary recommendations, performance management, and terminations.
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls under the Company's Risk Appetite.
• Design, implement, maintain, and enhance internal controls to continuously mitigate risk.
• Identify risk-related issues that need to be escalated to management.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the client brand.
• Maintain client internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points and any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• The jobholder is directly responsible for 4 - 10 Scrum Masters working on teams within the ART.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Pay: $55.63 - $92.71 / hr.
• Hours: 40 hrs/Week.
• Length: Contract (18 months).

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: High school or GED