Release Train Engineer

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Job Description:
This role is responsible for optimizing the flow of features, capabilities, and business value delivered through the Galileo and AI Monitoring & Controls Agile Release Train (ART). The Release Train Engineer (RTE) serves as a servant leader and facilitator for the ART, driving alignment across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Risk, Control, and Operations teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic objectives.

The RTE will facilitate Agile Release Train ceremonies, manage dependencies, risks, and impediments, provide visibility into ART health and delivery performance, and promote Agile and SAFe principles across participating teams. This role requires strong execution focus, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to influence outcomes across a highly matrixed organization.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as Release Train Engineer for the Galileo and AI Monitoring & Controls Agile Release Train, driving business value and achievement of ART objectives.
• Facilitate PI Planning and ART ceremonies, including ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt sessions, and other SAFe events.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Agile teams on SAFe practices and continuous improvement.
• Drive alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Risk, Controls, Compliance, and Operations.
• Coordinate across platform, engineering, model governance, AI monitoring, controls, and enablement teams to manage dependencies and commitments.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve delivery risks, impediments, and cross-team issues.
• Partner with Product Management and Product Owners to maintain program backlogs aligned to strategic priorities.
• Establish transparency through delivery metrics, dashboards, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Monitor ART health, flow, and delivery predictability, driving continuous improvement.
• Facilitate timely decisions and issue resolution to maintain delivery momentum and achievement of commitments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 7+ years of experience leading technology delivery initiatives within Agile organizations.
• Experience serving as a Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master, Agile Program Manager, or similar Agile leadership role supporting complex technology programs.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and SAFe principles, practices, and ceremonies.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Syncs, Inspect & Adapt workshops, Scrum of Scrums, and other SAFe ceremonies.
• Experience managing cross-team dependencies, risks, impediments, and delivery commitments across multiple technology teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile flow metrics, including throughput, cycle time, work-in-progress (WIP), and delivery predictability measures.
• Experience leveraging Jira, Jira Align, Confluence, and similar Agile tooling to support planning, execution, metrics, and reporting.
• Proven ability to communicate delivery status, risks, dependencies, and strategic priorities to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Experience operating in regulated environments with an understanding of governance, risk management, compliance, audit, and Enterprise Change Management requirements.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes and drive execution through collaboration and servant leadership without direct authority.

Desired Qualifications:

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe Advanced Scrum Master (SASM), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), PMP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or equivalent Agile certification.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, model governance, model operations, AI observability, monitoring, controls, analytics, or platform engineering initiatives.
• Experience leading Agile delivery for enterprise platforms, shared services, data products, or engineering enablement organizations.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML lifecycle management, model governance frameworks, model monitoring, MLOps, or responsible AI practices.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, OpenShift, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and modern software delivery methodologies.
• Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience supporting executive governance forums, operating reviews, and strategic program reporting.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to build partnerships and drive outcomes across organizations without formal authority.
• Ability to translate complex technical delivery challenges into clear business-focused communications for executive stakeholders.

Skills:

• Agile Practices
• Collaboration
• Influence
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Architecture
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Delivery Process
• Technical Strategy Development
• Financial Management
• Result Orientation
• Risk Management
• Test Engineering
• User Experience Design

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40