Hybrid Senior Release Train Engineer

at Cox Enterprises

• Job title: Senior Release Train Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $101,500 - $169,100 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Atlanta, United States

About the role

• Senior Release Train Engineer leading large and complex Agile Release Trains at Cox Automotive. Ensuring successful delivery across diverse environments while driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Oversees release trains (grouping of agile teams) that are of strategic importance to our business, and that have complex scope and inter-dependencies
• Has responsibility for facilitating ceremonies and work management for both the Release Train Team, as well as a subset or all of the delivery teams associated with that Release Train
• Facilitates the coordinated preparation of release planning for the release train and delivery teams, including communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery
• Actively manages the backlog, as well as ALM tool data integrity for accurate reporting. This includes the collection of metrics and KPI’s
• Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, release trains, or solution groups are involved in development
• Resolve/report a wide range of issues and manage dependencies and risks across the ART, between ART’s, as well as across delivery teams
• Leverages agile delivery metrics and regular Agile ceremonies to identify and drive continuous improvement, in order to maximize organizational performance and execution against the backlog
• Regularly participates in the RTE and SM Community of Practice helping the organization to maintain alignment, learn new techniques, and improve technical and quality practices

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field
• The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 4 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 10 years’ experience in a related field
• 4+ years' experience in a Release Train Engineer role; or 5+ years' experience in a Scrum Master or Agile Program Manager title
• Strong technical aptitude and experience leading teams in delivering quality software
• Experience using ALM tools preferred; Rally or Targetprocess experience is a plus
• Position requires minimum 2 days / wk in-office; candidates must live in metropolitan area of job location

Benefits

• The flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members
• Additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave