Senior Release Train Engineer at Cigna in Bloomfield, Connecticut

Job Description:

The Governance, Risk, and Compliance Archer team is in need of a Release Train Engineer (RTE) for its release train. (Cigna employees - this is a Senior Advisor level role) The RTE drives program level continuous delivery by facilitating and aligning Scaled Agile Program Layer processes and execution. They escalate impediments and help manage risks, and help to ensure value delivery

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Helps ensure strategy and execution alignment by working with GRC Business Lead and Archer IT Delivery Lead, Agile Product Owners (APOs), Product Managers, Experience Owners (EOs) and stakeholders


• Aggregates Team Program Increment (PI) Objectives into Program PI Objectives


• Participates in PI Planning readiness; preparation of Program Vision and backlogs via pre- and post-PI Planning


• Establishes PI Planning readiness and facilitates PI Planning


• Manages and optimizes the flow of value through the program using various tools


• Closely partners with the Agile Product Manager to ensure Epics and Features are groomed, ready for consumption by the Agile delivery teams, and successfully handed off for delivery


• Assists with execution and Feature completion


• Assists Product Management with economic decision making and by facilitating Feature estimation by teams and then aggregate up to the Epic level, to facilitate capacity planning of the Release Train


• Drives continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt (I&A)


• Supports assembly of the budget vs. actuals for regular reviews with management


• Assists with economic decision making


• Escalates and tracks impediments


• Helps manage risks and dependencies


• Attends System Demos and Solution Demos


• Coaches leaders, teams and Scrum Masters on lean-agile practices and methods


• Facilitates the Agile Release Train (ART) Sync meeting


• Encourages collaboration between Developers and Solution Architect, User Experience, Engineers and Teams


• Reports status and supports activities related to Program Portfolio Management and Release Management


• Addresses critical bottlenecks by providing input on resourcing


• Encourages and facilitates Team Layer and Program Layer continuous integration and communities of practice for Quality, Engineering, SAFe, Agile and Lean


• Ensures the necessary tools are set up for the ART (including software, collaboration tools, Rally/JIRA, CI/CD, etc.), otherwise the team has alignment on how to acquire/build them and has relevant funding


• Ensures consistency of processes are followed across the release train including, but not limited to, documentation, Release Management, upgrades, and reporting


• Ensures the ART has established working agreements with relevant delivery team(s) on how software will be tested, deployed and operated, including who is accountable


• Maintains accurate ART/Program rosters and ensuring team member data such as primary role, ART/Program affiliation and ART/Program allocations are accurate and up to date 

QUALIFICATIONS

• 4+ years of experience with working in the Agile framework, including Scrum, Kanban, or Lean


• At least 3 years working as a Product Owner, Scrum Master, developer, tester, or other role on an Agile team


• 2+ years of hands on experience as a Release Train Engineer.


• Experience working with application development


• 3 years of experience working on complex, enterprise level platforms or solutions


• 3+ years of Continuous Improvement/Process Management


• Rally/JIRA systems working knowledge


• Ability to develop a working knowledge of the technical domain to effectively support technical risks that may arise


• Exceptional oral and written communication skills


• Exceptional leadership skills in order to coordinate collaboration across multiple teams


• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and influence the decision making process, collaborate across the organization and operate effectively within a matrix environment by resolving conflict and influencing others


• Experience managing virtual and global distributed teams


• RTE/SAFe certification preferred


• Experience with Continuous Improvement methodologies, i.e., Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping desired

About Cigna

Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to improving the health, well-being and peace of mind of those we serve. We offer an integrated suite of health services through Cigna, Express Scripts, and our affiliates including medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products. Together, with our 74,000 employees worldwide, we aspire to transform health services, making them more affordable and accessible to millions. Through our unmatched expertise, bold action, fresh ideas and an unwavering commitment to patient-centered care, we are a force of health services innovation.

When you work with Cigna, you’ll enjoy meaningful career experiences that enrich people’s lives while working together to make the world a healthier place. What difference will you make?  To see our culture in action, search #TeamCigna on Instagram.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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