RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in need of a Release Train Engineer in Los Angeles, CA. Responsibilities:
- Release Train Engineer will organize and facilitate all ART level planning events as outlined in the Scaled Agile Framework
- Proactively manage and escalate risks, issues, impediments and dependencies
- Resolve complex non-technology related issues impacting multiple teams within the ART, escalating to management and managing the resolution
- Address areas needing process improvement, facilitate solutions and escalate accordingly
- Implement ART level metrics
- Report ART level progress, status & metrics to required stakeholders
- Release Train Engineer will maintain the appropriate vehicles for open communication between scrum teams (e.g. tracker boards) to create a trusting and safe team environment
- Facilitate the identification of ART level issues & risks through ART Inspect & Adapts and Scrum of Scrums
- Ensuring agile delivery teams within the ART comply with governance and risk management processes
- Work to develop competencies and skillsets to keep up-to-date with agile tools and processes
- Release Train Engineer will be ensuring agile delivery teams follow the cadence for the ART
Job Requirements:
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology or related field
- Certified Agile Practitioner or equivalent
- 2+ years proficiency with Jira or other Agile Management tools
- Experienced in Agile environment using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Scrum, XP, Kanban, or other Agile methodologies
- Experience leading distributed/virtual teams
- Knowledge for various agile frameworks and implementation of Agile methodologies to multiple teams in large-scale enterprise change projects & programs
- Growth mindset, learning mindset, strategic thinking
- Strong communication, organizational change management and facilitation skills
- Experience with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques
- Banking or financial industry experience preferred
- Ability to work effectively in a rapidly changing, fluid and dynamic environment
- Highly collaborative, solid interpersonal skills and able to work with diverse personality types
- Motivate and enable the Agile teams to be self-organized and make them feel like awesome team members
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.