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# Release Train Engineer

- **Company:** CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** Sacramento, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $113,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Information Systems, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Enterprise Software Applications, Facebook Flow, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/DF5C55BF4D434317BB30604692CCFC94/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
 * 5+ years of experience serving as a Release Train Engineer, Agile Program Manager, Senior Scrum Master, or in a comparable Agile delivery leadership role
 * Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating multiple Agile teams simultaneously within a complex enterprise environment
 * Experience facilitating ART-level or large-scale Agile planning and delivery activities, including coordination of dependencies, risks, milestones, and release objectives
 * Experience working within hybrid Agile/Waterfall delivery environments and adapting delivery practices to meet program, governance, and organizational needs
 * Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications, ERP programs, technology modernization efforts, or complex transformation initiatives
 * Strong facilitation skills with the ability to lead complex discussions, drive decisions, build consensus, and resolve conflicts
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage technical teams, business stakeholders, program leadership, and client executives
 * Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and build productive working relationships across teams and organizational boundaries
 * Strong organizational and program coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery challenges in a fast-paced environment
 * Ability to translate complex delivery information into clear, actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * A collaborative, servant-leadership approach focused on team empowerment, accountability, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement, * Agile
 * Agile Delivery Management
 * Agile Leadership
 * Program Management
 * Scrum Master

## Description

Lead Agile Delivery Across a Complex Government Transformation, Work Model: Onsite at the client site four days per week (Monday through Thursday). The onsite schedule and frequency may vary based on client, project, and business needs., As a Release Train Engineer, you'll provide the coordination, facilitation, and delivery leadership needed to successfully execute across multiple Agile teams while maintaining alignment with broader program objectives.

Your responsibilities will include:

 * Establish, champion, and continuously improve Agile delivery practices that enable teams to efficiently deliver business and technical capabilities through monthly release cycles
 * Lead and facilitate key Agile Release Train (ART) ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, Scrum of Scrums, ART Syncs, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and PI Retrospectives
 * Coordinate delivery across multiple Agile teams, aligning priorities, dependencies, risks, milestones, commitments, and release objectives
 * Partner closely with Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, PMO, vendors, and client stakeholders to maintain alignment throughout the delivery lifecycle
 * Identify, manage, and proactively address cross-team dependencies, impediments, delivery risks, and organizational challenges that could impact program commitments
 * Drive transparency around delivery progress, capacity, risks, dependencies, milestones, and overall release readiness
 * Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement across the Agile Release Train
 * Coach teams, leaders, and stakeholders on Agile principles, practices, and behaviors while adapting delivery approaches to support a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment
 * Help teams improve delivery predictability, flow, communication, coordination, and overall execution effectiveness
 * Facilitate effective decision-making across technical and business stakeholders, including the resolution of delivery conflicts, competing priorities, and cross-functional challenges
 * Provide program and leadership stakeholders with clear visibility into delivery status, emerging risks, dependencies, decisions, and opportunities for improvement
 * Partner with program leadership to ensure Agile delivery activities remain aligned with broader program governance, milestones, release commitments, and client expectations
 * Continuously evaluate delivery performance and refine processes to improve release quality, team effectiveness, predictability, and business outcomes


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