4 Release Engineer jobs in South Africa

Purpose
The purpose of the Release Train Engineer (RTE) is to drive an Agile Release Train (ART) by steering it to success while navigating the complexity of delivering software in a complex and cross-functional environment. The RTE is a servant leader and coach for the ART, assuring value delivery by effectively facilitating all ART events and processes, communicating with stakeholders, resolving and escalating impediments, managing risks, and driving relentless improvement. The RTE is an individual with a solid grasp of how to scale Lean and Agile practices and resolve unique opportunities and challenges associated with facilitating and continuously aligning a large development program. They further help configure SAFe to business needs, standardising, and documenting practices.

Role Description

• Manage and optimise delivery of the ART, overseeing and managing transition to full operational support.
• Manage and optimise the flow of value through the ART using various tools.
• Coach leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean-Agile practices and mindsets.
• Establish and communicate the annual calendars for iterations and program increments (PIs).
• Facilitate PI planning readiness by fostering a Continuous Exploration process which drives the synthesis of a vision, a roadmap, and backlogs, and through pre- and post-PI planning meetings.
• Facilitate the PI planning event and summarise team PI objectives into program PI objectives.
• Track the execution of features and capabilities against defined metrics.
• Facilitate periodic synchronisation meetings, including the ART sync at the Essential Level and the value stream sync for Solution Trains.
• Assist with economic decision-making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll-up to Epics, where necessary.
• Manage ART risks and dependencies and escalate and track impediments.
• Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
• Drive collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects/Engineering.
• Work with Product and Solution Management, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Improve the flow of value through value streams by improving and assessing practices associated with DevOps and Release on Demand in the Continuous Delivery Pipeline.
• Help drive the Lean User Experience (UX) innovation cycle.
• Work with the Agile Program Management Office (APMO) on program execution and operational excellence.
• Understand and operate within lean budgets and ensure adherence to Guardrails.
• Facilitate System Demos and Solution Demos.
• Drive relentless improvement via Inspect and Adapt workshops; assess the agility level of the ART and Solution Train and help them improve.
• Foster Communities of Practice and the use of engineering and Built-In Quality practices.

Qualifications And Experience

• Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field – (essential).
• SAFe Certified Release Train Engineer certification or equivalent – (essential).
• Certificate in Leading SAFe or SAFe for Teams – (essential).
• +5 years proven and progressive experience as a Scrum Master, Project Manager or a similar related role for long lived value streams and products with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines, technologies and processes – (essential).
• Demonstrated experience leading teams through large-scale and complex projects from conception to implementation – (essential).
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile environment – (essential).
• Expert in Agile tools preferably Target Process and/or JIRA or equivalent – (essential).
• Good understanding of how budgeting works in a Scaled Agile environment along with experience tracking and interpreting meaningful metrics - (preferred).
• Retail or eCommerce industry experience – (preferred).

Key competencies and work ethic

• Agile mindset – Not only understands and teaches the foundations of Agile, but embraces and embodies an Agile mindset. Is value focused and guided by Lean-Agile principles with a solid understanding and application of systems thinking.
• Motivated self-starter with strong integrity, energy and drive and a passion for all things digital.
• Analytical and critical thinker - Able to collect, organise and assimilate disparate and multiple pieces of complex data to guide decision-making. Deals comfortably with ambiguity and able to quickly analyse a situation and organise the team around a solution.
• Decisive with strong organising and prioritisation skills, doing whatever is necessary to keep the train rolling especially when multiple trade-offs are involved, and fast decisions are required. Works smartly, efficiently and effectively. Stays on top of the detail while prioritising and delivering urgent and important tasks.
• A change agent with strong people skills - Energised by working both independently and interdependently within the digital network and across functions. Organizes and prioritizes multiple, overlapping projects at various complexities to meet deadlines.
• Personal influence and a strong servant leader. Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team through coaching rather than authority. Creates an environment of mutual influence, where teams are enabled to do their best work.
• Coaching skills – Coaches teams to collaborate; provides constructive feedback, instruction, and development guidance to help others excel and deliver value.
• Collaborative partner with good negotiation skills – Able to work independently and collaboratively. Builds credibility quickly while able to establish relationships internally and externally. Manages conflict and challenges well and understands how to drive a high level of focus and achieve agreements with a strong, talented and opinionated team.
• Communication skills – Strong verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project information to clients, vendors, senior management and teams.
• Business acumen – Understands business principles in the digital environment and what is required to drive success.
• Ability to work under pressure and navigate periods of high demand in a fast-paced environment, balancing priorities/workload throughout the project duration due to tight deadlines.

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