Solution Train Engineer

Expleo; Basildon; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative working environment

ExpleoAcademy training courses

Competitive company benefits

Job summary

Expleo is seeking a Solution Train Engineer to enable successful agile delivery across multiple domains in Basildon. You'll lead end-to-end technical delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes through effective coordination across teams.

The ideal candidate will have SAFe certification and experience in a scaled agile environment, with a strong understanding of Agile methodologies and excellent coordination skills.

This role offers a collaborative working environment and various competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a scaled agile environment.
• Hands-on experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Familiarity with production readiness checklists.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technical delivery across multiple teams.
• Foster collaboration and manage inter-team dependencies.
• Deliver consistent reporting on delivery updates.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Coordination skills

Communication skills

SDLC understanding

Education

SAFe certification

Certification in Agile or Scrum

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

GitLab

Job description

Overview

As a Solution Train Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in enabling successful agile delivery across multiple domains, ensuring effective coordination, dependency management, and the timely delivery of high-quality releases. This role is well suited to an individual who excels in a fast-paced environment, thrives on cross-functional collaboration, and is committed to delivering scalable, business-critical solutions.

Acting as a central point of coordination across Development, QA, DevOps, and Product teams, you will drive alignment, transparency, and delivery readiness throughout the full solution lifecycle - from planning and execution through to production release.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full end-to-end technical delivery of a large and complex solution spanning multiple ARTs, domains, and teams. Coordinate all contributing efforts to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and in line with stakeholder expectations.
• Foster collaboration across ARTs, technology domains, and teams by aligning Planning Interval (PI) objectives, managing inter-team dependencies, and monitoring progress against key milestones.
• Identify and address conflicts across ARTs, domains, and teams proactively, escalating risks where required. Ensure clear visibility through centralised programme boards, Jira dashboards, and detailed dependency tracking.
• Provide practical guidance and support while escalating issues where necessary to maintain delivery pace and fulfil commitments.
• Promote alignment across Project Management, Development, QA, DevOps, and Product teams to ensure timelines are achieved and testing activities are effectively coordinated.
• Anticipate, track, and resolve cross-team dependencies, escalating critical blockers and facilitating timely resolutions to keep delivery on track.
• Oversee code and configuration readiness, ensuring all solution components meet quality standards and are delivered in accordance with agreed schedules.
• Manage production readiness activities, including smoke testing and readiness assessments, to support stable and seamless production deployments.
• Deliver clear and consistent reporting to stakeholders, including risk assessments, delivery updates, and key testing metrics.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and drive process enhancements that increase delivery efficiency, predictability, and overall operational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• SAFe certification
• Certification in Agile, Scrum, or Release Train Engineering

Essential skills

• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and Release management process including CI/CD pipelines
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables in a dynamic environment
• Excellent coordination and communication skills across technical and non-technical teams
• Familiarity with production readiness checklists and Live proving processes

Desired skills

• Exposure to scaled agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe) or large enterprise delivery models
• Knowledge of Release process, service-level objectives (SLOs), observability, and incident response workflows

Experience

• Experience working in a scaled agile environment (e.g., SAFe, LeSS) or in large enterprise delivery models
• Hands‑on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, GitLab, and observability/monitoring platforms
• Strong delivery experience

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• ExpleoAcademy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.