Build and Release Engineer

at Rose International Inc. in Chicago, IL, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Date Posted: 04/02/2024

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 461568

Job Title: Build and Release Engineer

Job Location: Chicago, IL, USA, 60603

Work Model: Hybrid

Employment Type: Temporary

Estimated Duration (In months): 6  

Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00   

Max Hourly Rate($): 80.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Azure, DevOps, Release Management

Job Description

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

The Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a servant leader and coach for an Agile Release Train (ART). The RTE is responsible for facilitating program execution and helping the teams deliver value. The RTE helps the ART grow its agile maturity in order to rapidly respond to change. Besides facilitating ART events and processes, RTEs communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risks and dependencies, and drive relentless improvement.

An ART is a long-lived team of agile teams which incrementally develops, delivers, and potentially operates one or more solutions in a value stream. ARTs are synchronized to a common iteration length and follow a common program increment (PI) schedule of five 2-week iterations.

Responsibilities
• Manage and optimize the flow of value through the ART, using various tools such as the Program Kanban and other information radiators.
• Facilitate PI Planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a Vision, a Roadmap, and Backlogs.
• Facilitate the PI planning event. Facilitate periodic synchronization events, including the ART Sync. Facilitate System Demos.
• Facilitate feature and capability estimation by teams
• Improve the flow of value through the Value Stream by improving practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
• Summarize the Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency.
• Assist tracking the execution of features and epics.
• Capture, analyze, and publish appropriate team and program metrics that drive and guide delivery decisions.  

Qualifications Required:
• Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions.
• Experience as an RTE or scrum master.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset.
• Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities.
• Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills.   Education and Experience
• Bachelor''''s degree or equivalent educational or professional experience and qualifications.
• 5-10 years of relevant work experience in a leadership role.
• Three or more years of experience with Agile methods, especially scaling frameworks (SAFe, SoS, LeSS, etc.)
• Proven expertise in managing the delivery of mid-to-large digital or enterprise applications.
• Ability to understand and relate to the business objectives
• Experience working with distributed teams: internal teams and offshore vendor teams.

Preferred:
• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or other Scaled Agile certifications a plus.
• Experience with leading or supporting an agile transformation
• Financial Services or other regulated industry experience a plus.
• IC-Agile certifications a plus.
• Extensive experience with Agile engineering practices and techniques

Top 3-5 IT Skillsets:
Minimum 5 years of in-depth experience in delivery of enterprise level software or hardware solutions.
• Experience as an RTE or scrum master.
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and mindset.
• Strong analytical abilities, negotiation/presentation skills, and organizational/planning abilities.
• Strong leadership, coaching, facilitation, decision-making, and management skills.
• Problem-solving skills and ability to coach others to solve their problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Benefits:
For information and details on employment benefits offered with this position, please visit here. Should you have any questions/concerns, please contact our HR Department via our secure website.

California Pay Equity:
For information and details on pay equity laws in California, please visit the State of California Department of Industrial Relations' website here.

Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

If you need assistance in completing this application, or during any phase of the application, interview, hiring, or employment process, whether due to a disability or otherwise, please contact our HR Department.

Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).