Release Train Engineer...Only Full Time

Position: Release Train Engineer Location: Chicago, IL ( day1 onsite, Hybrid role ) Duration: FulltimeJob Description:Have 8 years of exp. in IT and 5 years of relevant exp. as a Release trainCreate empowered, self-organizing, high-performing teams by serving as the team’s servant leader• Mentor the team and the Product Owner on Scrum and Agile best practices• Continuously improve team productivity and facilitate completion of work• Educate the team, Product Owner and stakeholders on the business value of engineering practices, and promote the use of engineering practices to provide faster delivery, better quality, and fewer defects• In collaboration with the team and Product Owner, regularly assess the Agile maturity of the team, identify improvement opportunities, and implement the improvements at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and the organization• Coach the team on the value and methods of developing cross-functional skills2. Facilitate planninga. Coach the Product Owner on creating and maintaining a continuously prioritized Product Backlog of stories with clear acceptance criteria and high-level estimatesb. In collaboration with the team, facilitate the creation of team agreements which minimally include a Definition of Done (DOD) and a Definition of Ready (DOR)c. Facilitate regular Release train Planning workshopsd. Ensure updates to the plan are communicated to stakeholders3. Facilitate deliverya. In collaboration with the team, identify and mitigate risks, issues and dependencies internal and external to the teamb. Remove impediments that prevent the team from delivering work and continuously improvingc. Facilitate sprint execution including elaborate planning sessions, sprint planning preparation sessions, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives. Team coaching on:I. Creating small stories with thin slices of end-to-end functionalityii. The value and use of relative estimationiii. Executing Design/Build/Test activities dailyiv. Testing early and often during each sprintv. Incorporating engineering practicesvi. Completing committed stories in the sprint