Hybrid SAFe Release Train Engineer

Ascend Learning; Leawood (KS); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Company paid life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and parental leave

Employee assistance program

Headspace and Airvet wellness programs

Charitable matching program

Job summary

Ascend Learning is seeking a Release Train Engineer to facilitate SAFe ART processes across multiple teams in the healthcare education space. The role focuses on program-level delivery, risk management, and continuous improvement within a hybrid Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA setting.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in Agile IT, 3+ years in IT program management, direct RTE experience, and SAFe knowledge with strong collaboration and communication skills.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field or equivalent work experience preferred.
• 3+ years of experience working in an Agile IT or Enterprise Environment
• 3+ years of experience managing IT programs
• Direct experience working as an RTE
• Experience implementing SAFe or a similar Agile scaling framework preferred
• SAFe certification a plus

Responsibilities

• Facilitate customer-focused delivery of products across technical teams
• Lead and facilitate teams on the ART through development and delivery
• Plan and facilitate all aspects of Planning Increment activities
• Facilitate the Sync meetings and coach at the Program level
• Provide guidance in Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe and lead Agile delivery teams
• Support ART teams with ART Launch and Agile transformations
• Serve as an expert on Agile software principles to other team members
• Engage with stakeholders to define mission value, prioritize work, and build intellectual capital in Agile techniques
• Collaborate with communities of practice, develop and conduct Agile training, and deploy key metrics for continuous improvement
• Support scrum ceremonies for the team (Planning, Retrospective, Refinement & Review/Demo)
• Facilitate impediment resolution; act as a conduit to other teams and stakeholders
• Track and produce key metrics (feature cycle time, burn-down/up, etc.)
• Manage cross-ART planning and dependencies as needed

Skills

Agile IT experience

IT program management

RTE experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

SAFe implementation

Organizational change management

Healthcare/education familiarity

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in software engineering or related field

Job description

Ascend Learning is seeking a Release Train Engineer to facilitate SAFe ART processes across multiple teams in the healthcare education space. The role focuses on program-level delivery, risk management, and continuous improvement within a hybrid Leawood, KS or Burlington, MA setting.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in Agile IT, 3+ years in IT program management, direct RTE experience, and SAFe knowledge with strong collaboration and communication skills.