Release Train Engineer

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Release Train Engineer for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Chandler, AZ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role involves facilitating an Agile Release Train (ART), a collection of Agile teams working towards a shared objective. The ideal candidate will guide the ART through Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) events, optimize value flow, manage risks, and foster continuous improvement. Acting as a coach and communicator, you will help multiple teams align and collaborate to achieve delivery goals, with a focus on supporting the agile maturity of Architecture and Governance teams.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate the Agile Release Train (ART), a group of Agile teams working towards a common goal
• Guide the ART through SAFe events, optimize the flow of value, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement
• Act as coach and communicator at the train level, help multiple teams align and collaborate effectively to reach delivery goals
• Facilitate ART events and syncs (ART Sync, SoS, Coach Sync), PI readiness and Innovation challenges to ensure alignment, commitment and participation
• Identify, manage and mitigate risks and dependencies within and across ARTs
• Monitor dependency readiness agreed during PI Planning
• Analyze planning boards to spot flow blockers and recommend organizational or design improvements
• Communicate updates to train SMs, train teams on new processes, and maintain the ART Continuous Improvement Log

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in IT, engineering, business or related field
• 5+ years' in Agile program or project leadership, including facilitation of large-scale, multi-team deliveries
• Deep knowledge of SAFe and experience acting as a Release Train Engineer (or equivalent) for multiple Agile Release Trains
• Coach Agile Release Train(ART) members and stakeholders in Agile/Scrum and foster skills for self-organization and self-management
• Proactively remove impediments and support ART members to maintain progress
• Commercial credit domain and banking expertise
• Practical experience running PI Planning, ART syncs, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt and cadence-based planning
• Strong facilitation, coaching and servant-leader skills to enable self-organization and resolve impediments
• Program-level risk, dependency and stakeholder management skills to track and report PI/ART KPIs (predictability, throughput, flow, quality)
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to align engineering, product and business stakeholders
• Experience with Agile tooling (Jira/Azure DevOps/VersionOne), Confluence and backlog/program boards
• Competence in change management and continuous improvement practices

Desired skills:

• Relevant certifications: SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, CSP/CSM, PMI-ACP or PMP

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

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Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.