Title: SAP Release train engineer
Duration: 7 months
Location: Pomona, CA - Hybrid 2 day(s) onsite
 
Description:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in conducting analysis of business requirements, system requirements, system design, and system test plans.
• Typically possesses seven or more years experience performing systems development activities. Possesses knowledge of the development and support of client server applications.
• Demonstrated ability to model, analyze, design, test implement, and maintain complex applications.
• Candidate must be client-focused with the ability to articulate the impact of technology to the business value.
• Knowledge of data management required. Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives based on both user needs and a thorough understanding of business systems and industry requirements.
• Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operation time, and form of desired results.
• Includes analysis of business and user needs, documentation of requirements, and translation into proper system requirement specifications.
• Not only possesses full technical knowledge of most phases of systems analysis, but also considers the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
• Also has duties of instructing, directing, and checking the work of business systems analysis personnel.
• Acts a team leader for projects with moderate budgets or of a short to intermediate duration.

 
Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload:

• Serve as a Release Train Engineer for an SAP S/4 ERP Implementation program that is using a hybrid agile implementation methodology.
• This role supports Release 2(R2) Release Managers providing a holistic release management capability to ensure the successful delivery of the release and its related value.
• The release train engineer (RTE) coaches and supports an agile 'team of teams' known as an agile release train (ART).
• The RTE facilitates ART activities and ceremonies, helps identify and resolve impediments and manages risks and dependencies.
• The RTE performs IT performance management, measuring and reporting performance, providing critical insights into sprint execution and delivery risks.
• Provide critical risk management and mitigation support.

 
Required Skills/Attributes:

• Large SAP ERP Technology Program/Project Implementation experience. Strategic Insights-based data analysis using various analytical tools and programming languages, Python, Power Automate, Power BI, etc.
• Data Mining: identify, extract, and gather data from various sources including databases, APIs, and other repositories to build comprehensive datasets for analysis.
• Data Visualization: Develop and maintain dashboards and visualizations that effectively communicate insights and support decision -making.
• Utilize visualization tools such as Powe BI to present data findings clearly and effectively.
• IT Performance Management - measurement and reporting; Plan, organize and facilitate ART ceremonies.
• Assist in tracking and monitoring the execution of features and capabilities.
• Work with delivery teams to identify and address risks or impediments to achieving their objectives.
• Measure ART delivery, maturity, and performance and review metrics with the ART to identify improvement opportunities.
• Champion the use of key performance indicators (KPIs), objectives and key results (OKRs) and other outcome metrics across teams.
• Create timelines, milestones, and cadence of increments and releases for the ART, and oversee development of reports and analyses to track progress towards goals.
• Understanding of and experience with SAFe. Experience with agile frameworks such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal, presentation). Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience using enterprise agile planning tools (e.g. Digital.ai Agility, Planview Smartsheet, Atlassian Jira Align, Apptio Targetprocess;
• 5+ years of experience with agile development, ideally in a scrum master, product owner, or other leadership role. Release Train Engineer experience preferred. Agile, Scrum, SAFe or project management certifications preferred (e.g. SA, SPC, RTE, CSM, CSP, PMI).
• Work with product managers, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between business needs and the development work being executed by agile teams.
• Provide input on resourcing needs to address critical bottlenecks.
• Assist and facilitate feature and capability estimation by teams.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 115.00/hr.