Sr. Project Manager: Release Train Engineer

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Sr. Project Manager: Release Train Engineer for a contract assignment with one of our premier Infrastructure services clients in Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, St. Paul, MN, Omaha, NE or St. Petersburg, FL .

Responsibilities :

• Supporting Program Increments (PI)

• Plan, organize and facilitate ART ceremonies (e.g. program increment (PI) planning, ART sync, product owner (PO) sync, scrum of scrums, ART system demos, and inspect & adapts). These events help track progress, escalate problems, and resolve dependencies.

• Support PI execution - significant responsibility for the successful execution of the PI, including tracking execution of the features in the ART Kanban, ensuring the ART meets its definition of done.

• Encourage collaboration between teams, following the SAFe methodology and framework. Contributing to the advancement and improvement of agile practices within the organization.

• Measuring Delivery and Flow

• Ensure ART delivery, maturity, and performance by establishing ART flow measures and dashboards, overseeing development of reports and analysis to track progress towards goals, ex:

• Program Boards, Delivery Plans, PI Predictability, Feature/PBI Burndown, Cycle Time and Velocity Status Reporting/OKRs

• Govern best practice usage of Azure DevOps (ADO), ensuring data quality and integrity for the ART via ADO queries, audits, and coaching/training of teams.

• Assist in Tracking the Execution of Features and Capabilities

• Facilitate agreement of milestones, cadence of increments and releases for the ART

• Coordination of deployment and release activities for the ART

• Manage and coordinate ART and Solution dependencies

• Work with the business, product, and delivery teams to identify risks or impediments to achieving objectives.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .

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