Release Train Engineer; RTE​/Agile Coach

Release Train Engineer/Agile Coach With Azure Dev Ops

Location:

US, Seattle Onsite or at least 2 days/week at the office in Issaquah, WA

• Take a visible role in a high performing Agile/Dev Ops coaching team; facilitates the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of Agile/Dev Ops framework, principles, and practices.
• Coach Agile / Dev Ops practices, techniques, and frameworks, such as SAFe, Scrum, XP, and Kanban to reduce the gap between Agile / Dev Ops theory and practice
• Work with team to identify pain points and clarify general questions on ADO usage.
• Guide team in the implementation of following items: vision, roadmap, delivery plans, sprint planning, Epic/ Initiative Roadmap, user stories and work items creation, process templates, KPIs
• Facilitate the Program Increments (PI) planning event
• Manage risks and dependencies
• Escalate and track impediments
• Develop content; leads workshops and training sessions to educate individuals and leaders on Agile values, principles, and practices.
• Recommends, develops, tracks, and monitors Agile/Dev Ops metrics in areas that affect value-driven delivery.
• Generate new ideas, supports change, encourages innovation, and helps to creatively solve problems
• Listen and support team in problem identification and decision making
• Coach teams to assess, measure, document, and communicate progress against defined goals and OKR’s
• Support the teams’ commitments
• Provide strategic guidance for developing and improving program and portfolio prioritization, value stream delivery, and outcome measurement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess the overall health of business agility and help them identify improvement opportunities.
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle
• Facilitate system demos

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent, required from an accredited institution
• 5+ years of experience with Scaled Agile Framework or Agile Methodologies
• 5+ years of experience with Agile delivery and metrics
• 10+ years of experience in Program Management Best Practices
• 5+ years of experience in Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, ADO (Azure Dev Ops)
• 5+ years of experience in a leadership role
• SAFe certifications including SPC, LPM, PO/PM, RTE, SSM
• Extensive experience training and coaching teams in the use of Agile tools.
  
  E.g. ADO, Service Now, Miro, and Confluence.
• Ability to facilitate discussion at all levels of the organization to resolve conflicts.
• Executive presence with skills at building meaningful concise presentations.
• Practical experience with Azure Boards concepts and best practices
• Practical experience with creating delivery plan, user stories and work items

• Certifications in Agile coaching and Enterprise Transformation.
• Technical Dev Ops coaching experience.
• Technical background in software development, architecture, or program management.