Senior Release Train Engineer

Bank of America•Plano, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This job is responsible for optimizing the flow of epics, features, and the value delivered from larger Agile Release Train features. Key responsibilities include facilitating Solution Train ceremonies, managing dependencies, reporting the health of epic and feature delivery and overall program increment, and promoting agile principles and mindsets. Job expectations include resolving impediments to delivery, protecting the Trains from disruptions, driving continuous improvement, and managing the Release Train budget, resources, and communications between business and technology leaders.

Requirements

7-10 years of experience in technology in agile delivery environment including in a hands-on Agile Release Train Engineer role (or comparable role)
Working knowledge of Lean Agile SDLC processes and deliverables
Working knowledge Application Lifecycle Management
Ability to translate Agile concepts into business outcomes
Strong command of Agile metrics
Experience in education at all levels of management within the agile framework (portfolio, program, team)
Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skills
Strong facilitation and organization skills
Process and detailed oriented
Willingness to be accountable for meeting all deliverable dates for task assignments.
Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and help team solve problems
Self-motivation, self-direction, organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a complex fast paced environment without sacrificing quality or timelines.

Nice To Haves

Enterprise-Scale Agile Experience
Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management | Value stream identification and optimization | OKRs, funding models, and capacity allocation
Experience aligning strategy to execution
Large scale Agile coaching experience
Experience with Jira Align
Ability to influence without direct authority
SAFe certification(s) - strongly preferred - SAFe® Release Train Engineer (RTE, SAFe® Practice Consultant (SPC), ICAgile Certified Professional – Agile Coaching (ICP-ACC)
Project Management experience

Responsibilities

Guides and coaches the teams in the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices and Agile principles and mentors Release Train Engineers
Executes program increment session for release train and facilitates Agile release train ceremonies
Provides status updates regarding Agile Release Train plans, delivery, timelines, and impediments to stakeholders and leadership while communicating within the Agile Release Train to support delivery against program commitments
Manages risk including dependency management, impediment removal, and compliance with Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements
Measures Agile Release Train delivery, maturity, and performance, and reviews results with Agile Release Train to identify improvement opportunities, and determine and track product funding and resource acquisition needs
Collaborates with the product management team, ensures the solution train has a healthy backlog, and reviews demand versus capacity
Consults with product management team and other stakeholders to ensure execution is aligned with product strategy
Planning for the team (Pre-Planning/ Preparation and PI Planning Events) and represent the team in Scrum of Scrums/ART Syncs.
Drive agile execution to meet business outcomes and priorities
Perform hands-on training/coaching to teams in all aspects of Lean-Agile.
Lead roles and teams to embrace a Lean-Agile and learning mindset.
Provide guidance about how to create and manage an intake process, healthy backlog, and how to facilitate valuable Agile ceremonies.
Align teams to enterprise Agile standards and practices, and coach team members through change.
Help the team define norms/agreements, i.e. Definition of Ready and Definition of Done, and enforce the agreements.
Establish agile metrics and reporting
Ensure the team has a healthy product and Sprint backlog (in collaboration with the PO).
Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the team.
Measure team delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the team to identify improvement opportunities.