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    Release Train Engineer - Chicago, United States - RIT Solutions, Inc.

    RIT Solutions, Inc.
    RIT Solutions, Inc. Chicago, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    Release Train Engineer
    Location: Hybrid 3x a week onsite in Chicago IL (local only)
    Interview Mode: Virtual Interview
    Type: Contract

    Description:

    • Release Train Engineer
    • Work Location: Must be local to Chicago - 333 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL
    • Must report to work onsite 3 days per week
    • Anchor days: Tuesday, plus 2 flex days
    • Work Hours: 8:00am- 5:00pm CST
    Project Overview / Contractor's Role:
    The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for an Agile Release Train (ART). The RTE is responsible for facilitating program execution and helping the teams deliver value. The RTE helps the ART grow its agile maturity in order to rapidly respond to change. Besides facilitating ART events and processes, RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risks and dependencies, and drive relentless improvement.

    An ART is a long-lived team of agile teams which incrementally develops, delivers, and potentially operates one or more solutions in a value stream. ARTs are synchronized to a common iteration length and follow a common program increment (PI) schedule of five 2-week iterations.

    Experience Level:
    3

    Top 3-5 IT Skillsets:
    Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions
    Experience as an RTE or scrum master
    Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset
    Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities
    Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills
    Problem-solving skills and ability to coach others to solve their problems
    Strong written and verbal communication

    Qualifications (must haves):
    Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions
    Experience as an RTE or scrum master
    Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset
    Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities
    Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills
    Problem-solving skills and ability to coach others to solve their problems
    Strong written and verbal communication
    Ability to lead teams to reach consensus and have passion for product and value delivery
    Creative - able to use knowledge gained through prior experience, education, and training to resolve issues and remove delivery barriers
    Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with business and represent accurately the perspective of Technology
    Expert in Azure DevOps tool. Able to set up new ART/Teams structure templates, queries, dashboards etc.
    Ability to work productively with all levels in a large organization

    Education and Experience:
    Bachelor's degree or equivalent educational or professional experience and qualifications
    5-10 years of relevant work experience in a leadership role
    Three or more years of experience with Agile methods, especially scaling frameworks (SAFe, SoS, LeSS, etc.)
    Proven expertise in managing the delivery of mid-to-large digital or enterprise applications
    Ability to understand and relate to the business objectives
    Experience working with distributed teams: internal teams and offshore vendor teams

    Nice to have:
    SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or other Scaled Agile certifications a plus
    Experience with leading or supporting an agile transformation
    Financial Services or other regulated industry experience a plus
    IC-Agile certifications a plus
    Extensive experience with Agile engineering practices and techniques

    Tasks & Responsibilities:
    Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART, using various tools such as the Program Kanban and other information radiators
    Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs
    Facilitate the PI planning event. Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART Sync. Facilitate System Demos
    Facilitate feature and capability estimation by teams
    Improve the flow of value through the Value Stream by improving practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline
    Summarize the Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency
    Assist tracking the execution of features and epics
    Capture, analyze, and publish appropriate team and program metrics that drive and guide delivery decisions
    Build and manage timely communication channels with leadership, business stakeholders and delivery teams
    Help teams manage risks and dependencies; escalate and track impediments; provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks
    Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment. Encourage collaboration between teams

    System and Enterprise Architects/Engineering.
    Working with Engineering leadership, ensure inclusion in program backlog of Non-functional Requirements (NFRs) and support awareness of delivery controls and compliance
    Drive relentless improvement of the ART via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and help them improve and mature
    Partnering with Modern Delivery Methods, coach leaders, stakeholders, teams, product owners, and scrum masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets
    Work with ART Product Owners and Scrum Masters to identify items to escalate to the program leadership team, IT leaders and steering committee. Recommend staffing, delivery, and schedule optimizations
    How:
    Listen to and support teams in problem identification and local decision-making
    Create an environment of mutual influence and openness
    Keep teams focused on release commitments and milestones
    Encourage and support the personal development of individuals and the teams
    Think beyond day-to-day activities; apply Systems Thinking
    Support the teams' commitments
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