Sr Release Train Engineer
Company: PamTen, Inc.
Location: Draper
Posted on: January 24, 2023
Job Description:
Job DescriptionThe Release Train Engineer (RTE) has primary
purpose of supporting an Agile Release Train (ART) by steering it
to success and navigating the complexity of delivering software in
large environments. The RTE helps resolve and escalate impediments,
manages risk, helps assure value delivery, and drives program level
continuous improvement. The RTE is accountable for the overall
coordination, execution and delivery of value through the program
while ensuring alignment with company strategy, commitments and
goals. Program Management
- Facilitates the coordinated preparation and execution of
release planning for the ART. This includes:
- Working with the ART team who prioritizes the features to be
considered in the next program increment (PI) planning cycle.
- Facilitate the ART team's refinement of features to be
considered in the next PI planning cycle to meet the Feature
Definition of Ready.
- Assists the ART in communication and coordination with
stakeholders and customers during feature definition and
delivery.
- Ensures effective communication and coordination for and during
quarterly planning.
- Manages change to the ART's PI plan and the impacts of those
changes. Portfolio, Program, and Project Support
- Facilitates ART transparency with external parties, as well as
with the teams on the release train. This includes:
- Backlog management and ALM tool data integrity for accurate
reporting. May include the collection of metrics, KPIs, investment
mix reporting, and other reporting as needed by the ART or
organization.
- Facilitation and relentless improvement of periodic ART reviews
with organizational leaders and stakeholders to provide clarity on
the expected value delivery and to gain stakeholder feedback on
changes to direction the release train may need to take.
- May include participation in and assisting in the improvement
of the System Demo. Business Process Improvement
- Assists the ART to relentlessly improve through the
facilitation of ART Retrospectives quarterly, or more often as
needed, to improve backlog management, ART reviews, sprint reviews,
or ART coordination and higher-level function.
- Active membership in the RTE Community of Practice helping the
organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and
improve technical and quality practices. Work with RTE community to
determine ways to help ARTs across the company improve cross-train
and solution group coordination and collaboration. Release and
Deployment
- Facilitates coordination of major feature releases and ongoing
delivery of value to customers where multiple teams or ARTs are
involved in development.
- Facilitates the coordination of initiatives that cross multiple
release trains.
- Facilitates resolving or reporting escalated issues involving
risk, or dependency management that may be hindering the team's
ability to deliver features. Scrum Masters and teams facilitate the
resolution of impediments, dependencies and risks within their span
of influence. Other
- The RTE may be called upon to lead projects that impact the ART
but may not require work being added to team backlogs.
- Assisting in the execution of product vision.
- Facilitate production support, and relentless improvement of
operational workflows and communication, etc.
- Coaches the Agile release train to improve in the
implementation of Agile processes, practices, and mindset.
Keywords: PamTen, Inc., Draper , Sr Release Train Engineer, Engineering , Draper, Utah
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