Release Train Engineer (ONSITE)

RELEASE TRAIN ENGINEER (ONSITE)

Location : Washington DC - Hybrid 3 days a week

The Senior Release Train Engineer is responsible for Agile Delivery, facilitating and coaching the Agile Release Trains. They Champion the coordination of Agile Release Train events, which includes PI Planning, System Demo, Scrum of Scrums, PI Inspect & Adapt and PO Sync. They are a servant leader and coach to their value stream and stakeholders. They Act as the key point of contact for issues/obstacles reported by Development Teams and strive to empower teams to remove impediments. Works with the Program Team to resolve or escalate risks and issues.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the agile release train for a given value stream and ensuring team success
• Enable teams to remove impediments. Act as escalation point for impediments the team cannot remove in a timely manner
• Own escalated impediments and raise issues to leadership if they cannot be resolved in a timely manner
• Continuously work with teams and to deliver PI Objectives
• Owns the Risk, Issues, Action and Decision Register for a specific train
• Manage dependencies between Development Teams within and across Programs or Agile Release Trains
• Partner with stakeholders to identify and address staffing and tool needs
• Enable and coach teams to define capacity for PI Planning
• Develop and serve as owner of the program release communication plan; schedule and facilitate program release planning activities
• Gather and report performance information and metrics (e.g., Release burn down data, etc.)
• Update and communicate Release Plans
• Collaborate with Product Management, Principal Engineers, teams as needed
• Build and maintain relationships with lines of business, teams, management, and key stakeholders
• Assist with developing and delivering training and workshops as requested
• Become an influential leader within for the team and promote Agility across Navy Federal
• Encourage teams to embrace a Lean/Agile Mindset
• Help resolve team conflicts when needed

Qualifications

• Significant experience working in an agile transformation successfully coaching and transitioning teams, programs, and portfolios
• 5-8 years of experience working within Information Technology as a Project Manager, Program Manager, Product Manager or Product Owner
• Experience coaching agile teams and assessing their development maturity
• Experience working with Azure DevOps
• Experience in creating reporting metrics and dashboards that illustrate the flow of value
• Experience in leading successful delivery teams
• Experience in software development
• Experience as a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead in leading transformation
• Successful track record implementing Agile methodologies
• Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors
• Ability to coach and mentor scrum masters and empower the delivery teams to embrace agility
• Ability to create release plans and roadmaps needed for existing product or platform release
• Advanced verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Leading SAFe, SAFe RTE, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master and SAFe Program Consultant Certifications

Desired Qualifications

• Experience leading Agile teams as a Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Release Train Engineer
• Experience working within an organization going through an Agile transformation
• Advanced knowledge of Navy Federal functions, philosophy, operations and organizational objectives
• CSPO, PMP, Scrum@Scale Practitioner, CSPO or other advanced Agile Certification
• Experience in Fraud Prevention domain

Salary and Other Compensation:

Applications will be accepted till 4/16/2025.

The annual salary for this position is between $110,000 - $125,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship now or at any time in the future.