Release Train Engineer

Overview

Edgewater is seeking a Release Train Engineer (RTE) to ensure the smooth operation of Agile Release Train (ART) events and practices and assist Agile Teams in their success. The RTE facilitates communication with stakeholders, problem-solving, and risk management.

The RTE also manages impediments, dependencies and fosters continuous improvement. They are integral to the ART leadership, collaborating with Product Management, Portfolio/Subportfolio Manager, the System Enterprise Architect, and Business Owners to achieve increment customer value on the ART. Beyond the ART, RTEs aid in the broader Lean-Agile transformation by coaching leaders and teams across the organization.

The work will be performed onsite in Washington, DC.

Leadership:

• Inspiring team leads as well as peers.
• Excellent communicator and collaborator.
• Ensures established planning and prioritization process are carried out by teams within the Porfolio/Subportfolio.

Enterprise-focus:

• Take a High Level Reserve view on opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Values collaboration across the organization.
• Balance alignment and autonomy across various teams.

Results via Influence:

• Achieve results and execute at high quality standards.
• Identifies and reports Portfolio/Subportfolio priorities, needs, impediments, risks, capacity issues and dependencies
• Fosters an inclusive culture, partner with other leaders across diverse backgrounds.

Coach and Mentor:

• Empowers team to take ownership of their deliverables. Empowers and mentors Scrum Masters

• Reinforce Agile practices across varying team maturity levels

• Coach teams and drive continupus improvement.

Accountability Mindset:

• Takes ownership of issue and problems.
• Manages risk to ensure high resiliency and stability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in Agile coaching, Agile transformation, or enterprise Agile adoption.
• Experience coordinating large Agile teams and programs in heavily matrixed organizations (e.g. Product Management, Architecture leads, Scrum Masters and Business Owners) to achieve effective outcomes
• Experience coaching leaders and teams within a broader agile organization
• Demonstrated experience facilitating communication with stakeholders, problem-solving, risk management,managingimpediments and fostering continuous improvement across large agile programs
• Prior experience ensuring the smooth operation of Agile Release Train (ART) events and practices and assist Agile Teams
• Mindset that ensures IT processes (including those of internal & external service providers) are conducted in line with policies and applicable standards
• Prior experience facilitating stakeholder engagement for key technology processes
• Industry leading Agile practitioner certifications such as Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, PMP-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent.

Additional benefits include:

• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
• Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
• Exercise Reimbursement
• Computer Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

About Us:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.

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