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Kentro · 3 days ago

Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Kentro is a company dedicated to innovation and collaboration, seeking a Senior Release Train Engineer (RTE) to facilitate Agile Release Trains. The role involves coaching, stakeholder management, and ensuring effective application of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to deliver configuration solutions across the enterprise.

Information Technology & Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, and facilitate SAFe ceremonies including PI Planning, ART Sync (Scrum of Scrums, PO Sync), System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt workshops, ensuring strong engagement from business and necessary clinical stakeholders

Maintain and communicate the ART calendar, iteration schedules, and key configuration milestones using Jira and Jira Align for alignment and transparency across all stakeholder groups

Use Jira and Jira Align to manage the flow of configuration requests, environment changes, tool configurations, and enablers; visualize cross-team dependencies and maintain accurate program boards and PI objectives

Proactively identify, communicate, and help resolve risks, issues, and impediments related to configuration changes, approvals, audits, and governance requirements, in close collaboration with stakeholders

Build and maintain strong relationships with operations teams, security, compliance, business process owners, architecture, and leadership to ensure alignment on configuration priorities, standards, scope, and outcomes

Prepare and present clear, data-informed status updates, dashboards, and program-level reports using Jira and Jira Align to support decision-making by senior stakeholders and provide visibility into configuration work progress, risks, and dependencies

Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and configuration teams in SAFe, Lean-Agile principles, flow-based thinking, and effective use of Jira/Jira Align to improve predictability, transparency, and adherence to configuration standards

Drive continuous improvement through Inspect & Adapt activities, action plans, and follow-through, using metrics such as predictability, cycle time, quality, and stakeholder satisfaction to guide improvements in configuration management practices

Qualification

SAFe principlesJiraJira AlignStakeholder managementAgile environmentsConfiguration managementChange managementSAFe certificationCoachingCommunication skillsNegotiation skillsConflict resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of experience in Agile environments with at least 2-3 years in program-level roles such as RTE, Senior Scrum Master, or Program Manager in a SAFe context, ideally supporting configuration, operations, or infrastructure-focused teams

Deep understanding of SAFe principles, roles, and events, with hands-on experience running PI Planning and driving execution across multiple Agile teams in a non-software-delivery context

Proven experience using Jira and Jira Align to manage configuration backlogs, PI objectives, dependencies, change requests, and program-level reporting

Demonstrated strength in stakeholder management across diverse groups including operations, security, compliance, business process owners, and technology leadership, with excellent facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills

Strong understanding of configuration management, change management, governance processes, and working within complex enterprise environments

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for teams, leaders, and executives across technical and non-technical audiences

SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) certification or other SAFe certifications (e.g., SAFe SPC, SAFe Scrum Master, SAFe Advanced Scrum Master)

Experience launching or re-aligning Agile Release Trains focused on configuration, infrastructure, or platform work, and maturing ART performance over multiple Program Increments using Jira and Jira Align

Background in large-scale Agile transformations, including coaching leaders and teams on SAFe adoption and organizational change in operations or configuration-heavy environments

Experience managing stakeholder expectations across security, compliance, operations, and business teams in highly regulated or complex organizational environments

Preferred

Familiarity with ITIL, change management frameworks, configuration management databases (CMDB), environment management, and compliance/audit processes