Description
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Solution Train Engineer to support Solution Train and Agile Release Train (ART) operations for a large mission-critical program using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
The ideal candidate will bring significant experience leading agile teams and be prepared to step into a Solution Train Engineer leadership role on a large, complex program with demanding interface, performance, and security requirements.
Primary Responsibilities
- Facilitate Solution Train and ART operations across Solution Train and ARTs.
- Work with SAFe governance stakeholders on program execution.
- Support work allocation and resource assignment across ARTs.
- Monitor performance, remove impediments, and drive improvement.
- Coordinate schedules and program-wide software and architecture releases.
- Lead PI Planning, including logistics and technical preparation.
- Lead Solution Train planning events and pre- and post-planning meetings.
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration through Scrum of Scrums and related forums.
- Track feature and capability execution through program metrics.
- Brief customers on progress, testing, deployment, and release readiness.
- Assess skill needs and support staffing actions with leadership.
- Provide input on resourcing to address critical bottlenecks.
- Coach teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and leaders in agile practices.
- Promote teamwork to achieve PI goals.
- Guide teams toward greater agile maturity.
- Support Communities of Practice and Built-In Quality practices.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience.
- At least 7 years of experience leading teams or projects.
- At least 5 years of experience supporting large software development, systems, integration, and test efforts.
- Demonstrated work experience as a Scrum Master.
- Demonstrated work experience as a Release Train Engineer or Solution Train Engineer.
- Demonstrated work experience applying SAFe and executing PI Planning.
- Experience with agile tools such as Jira, VersionOne, Rally, or IBM ELM.
- Ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working on agile software teams.
- Experience working with external stakeholders, including government representatives.
- Experience briefing leadership and customers on status and progress.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong time management and issue triage skills, and strong attention to detail and task completion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience as a Solution Train Engineer.
- Significant experience in software development, test, or systems engineering.
- Extensive experience working with multi-disciplinary development teams.
- Scaled Agile certification, such as SAFe Agilist or SAFe RTE.
- Experience across the software development lifecycle – as a developer, tester, system engineer, etc.
- Experience with test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to support Built-In Quality.