Release Train Engineer

POSITION INFO:

Purpose of the Job:

• Facilitates the Agile Release Train events and processes and assists the teams in delivering value.
• The Release Train Engineer communicates with stakeholders, escalate impediments, helps manage risk, coordinate cross ART deliverables and drives relentless improvement.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Information Technology and Computer Sciences.
• Scrum Master Certification, SAFe Scrum Master certification, SAFe Release Train Engineering certification. Agile Product management.

Experience

• 3 - 5 years' experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards.
• Provide specialist advice and support in area of accountability to ensure that identified solutions and recommendations are appropriate and effective.
• Provide ongoing facilitation and coaching that enables your team to excel at agile development.
• Facilitates meetings and helps teams find innovative ways of resolving dependencies and navigating complex business and technical trade-offs.
• Manages and optimises the flow of value through the Agile Release Train
• Manages programme backlog and maps to team and portfolio backlog.
• Optimises and records various tools, such as the Program Board and Solution Kanbans and other information radiators.
• Facillitates relentless improvement interventions, methodologies and processes for the Agile release train.
• Collaborates with scrum masters to understand outcomes of retrospective continuous improvement backlog items.
• Coordinate cross ART deliveries with relevant ART and stakeholders.
• Operates as a servant leader for the Agile Release Train by coaching and mentoring Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
• Continually promotes and fosters systems thinking within the Agile Release Train.
• Continually asks, inquires and poses powerful and insightful questioning to enable critical thinking skills in the teams.
• Updates the Program Board and Program Kanban and other information radiators.
• Facilitating PI Planning readiness including pre and post planning events, and the event itself
• Facillitating dependency management or impediment resolution through Scrum of Scrums/PO Syncs and other Agile Release Train events.
• Defining metrics in alignment with Liberty Portfolio Management Office and other stakeholders.
• Tracking and communicating key Agile Release Train execution metrics and making them visible on current work management tools and Kanban boards.
• Provides support in tracking of metrics at Team and Agile Release Train level.
• Run Inspect and Adapt and problem solving workshops.
• Defines assessments at Team and Agile Release Train levels to support continuous improvement.