Release Train Engineer - Global Information Security

Release Train Engineer - Global Information Security

Addison, Texas;Washington, District of Columbia; Atlanta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado

Job Description:

Come join an exciting team within Global Information Security (GIS). Cyber Security Technology (CST) is a globally distributed team responsible for cyber security innovation and architecture, engineering, solutions and capabilities development, cyber resiliency, access management engineering, data strategy, deployment maintenance, technical project management and information technology security control support.

This role is a servant leader, who is responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating the ART ceremonies, managing dependencies across teams in the ART, and providing visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. This role ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. They manage financials for the ART and assist with resource planning. Promotes and coaches the Agile mindset and principles, empowering individual teams to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential.

Primary Level of Engagement:

Works at the program level. Supports all teams on the Agile Release Train and stakeholders under supervision from a more senior domain expert.

Primary Interactions:

Scrum Master

Product Manager

Solution Train Engineer

Senior Architect

Delivery Lead

Scrum Master Community of Practice

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles.

• Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements.

• Coordinate and facilitate ART ceremonies (for example, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective.

• In collaboration with the Product Manager, ensure the program has a healthy product/program backlog.

• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART.

• Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments.

• Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership.

• Ensure Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART.

• Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.

• Capture data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs.

• Mentors more junior Scrum Masters

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of professional experience with ITSM methodologies.

• 3+ years of professional experience with Scaled Agile, preferably as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer.

• Familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence as wells as ITSM platforms such

• as ITSM platforms such as Service Now or Remedy.

• Strong understanding of and experience with change management concepts and standard practices.

• Ability to participate in occasional weekend and after hour change activity.

Enterprise Role Overview:

Responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Coordinates and facilitates the ART ceremonies, manages dependencies across teams in the ART, and provides visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. Ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. Manages financials for the ART and assist with resource planning. Helps define norms/agreements for the ART and enforces the agreements. Coordinates and facilitates ART ceremonies - e.g. Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync (or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, Retrospective. In collaboration with the PM, ensures the program has a healthy product/program backlog. Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments. Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership. Ensures Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART. Measures ART delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities. Captures data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs. Individual Contributor

Job Band:

H5

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Weekly Schedule:

Referral Bonus Amount:

0

Job Description:

Come join an exciting team within Global Information Security (GIS). Cyber Security Technology (CST) is a globally distributed team responsible for cyber security innovation and architecture, engineering, solutions and capabilities development, cyber resiliency, access management engineering, data strategy, deployment maintenance, technical project management and information technology security control support.

This role is a servant leader, who is responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Key responsibilities include coordinating and facilitating the ART ceremonies, managing dependencies across teams in the ART, and providing visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. This role ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. They manage financials for the ART and assist with resource planning. Promotes and coaches the Agile mindset and principles, empowering individual teams to become self-managing and fulfill their cross-functional potential.

Primary Level of Engagement:

Works at the program level. Supports all teams on the Agile Release Train and stakeholders under supervision from a more senior domain expert.

Primary Interactions:

Scrum Master

Product Manager

Solution Train Engineer

Senior Architect

Delivery Lead

Scrum Master Community of Practice

Key Responsibilities:

• Guide and coach the teams on the Agile Release Train on Scrum practices, and develop their understanding of Agile principles.

• Help define norms/agreements for the ART and enforce the agreements.

• Coordinate and facilitate ART ceremonies (for example, Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, and Retrospective.

• In collaboration with the Product Manager, ensure the program has a healthy product/program backlog.

• Facilitate dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART.

• Promote/facilitate communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments.

• Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership.

• Ensure Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART.

• Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.

• Capture data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs.

• Mentors more junior Scrum Masters

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of professional experience with ITSM methodologies.

• 3+ years of professional experience with Scaled Agile, preferably as a Scrum Master or Release Train Engineer.

• Familiarity with Atlassian Jira and Confluence as wells as ITSM platforms such

• as ITSM platforms such as Service Now or Remedy.

• Strong understanding of and experience with change management concepts and standard practices.

• Ability to participate in occasional weekend and after hour change activity.

Enterprise Role Overview:

Responsible for optimizing the flow of epics/features and the value delivered by a smaller Agile Release Train (ART). Coordinates and facilitates the ART ceremonies, manages dependencies across teams in the ART, and provides visibility into the health of epic/feature delivery and the overall program increment. Ensures impediments to epic/feature delivery are resolved quickly and protects the teams from outside disruptions to delivery. Manages financials for the ART and assist with resource planning. Helps define norms/agreements for the ART and enforces the agreements. Coordinates and facilitates ART ceremonies - e.g. Backlog Refinement, Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Sync (or PO Sync, Scrum of Scrums), System Demos, Retrospective. In collaboration with the PM, ensures the program has a healthy product/program backlog. Facilitates dependency management/risk management/impediment removal for the ART. Promotes/facilitates communication and collaboration within the ART to support value delivery and PI commitments. Responsible for providing status updates and reporting pertaining to ART plans/delivery/timelines/impediments to stakeholders and leadership. Ensures Enterprise Change Management and other policy requirements for technology solutions are met for the epics/features delivered by the ART. Measures ART delivery, maturity, and performance and reviews the metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities. Captures data to help determine/track product funding and resource acquisition needs. Individual Contributor

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Learn more about this role

Full time

JR-22059710

Band: H5

Manages People: No

Travel: Yes, 5% of the time

Manager:

Talent Acquisition Contact:

Ryan Bell

Referral Bonus:

0

Colorado pay and benefits information

Colorado pay range:

$102,000 - $141,300annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible . We provide industry-leading benefits, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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