Release Train Engineer- Digital Lifestyle Services - JHB at Vodafone Global Enterprise

Your responsibilities will include:

Execute Agile Release Train based on agreed PI objectives

• Drive Agile Release Train based on agreed objectives
• Facilitate planning sessions and resolution of risks
• Work with leaders on program backlog and execution
• Maintain metrics for visibility into program plans, progress, and quality
• Support Product Owners with requirements and Scrum activities
• Help ensure value delivery
• Aggregate team objectives into program objectives
• Facilitate meetings for synchronization
• Assist with economic decision-making and estimation
• Manage program planning, monitoring, deployment, and continuous improvement of releases

Tech Lead/DevOps Contributor

• Provide technical leadership for software development squads, including collaborating on technical issues, evaluating processes, and streamlining operations.
• Implement risk mitigation and oversee security audits to identify application vulnerabilities.
• Coordinate product development and operations teams across the Agile Release Train. Bridge the worlds of development and operations.
• Drive ideation and development of new products and services from concept to reality. Lead brainstorming, prototypes, and design refinements.
• Establish manufacturing and distribution processes to bring the product to market at scale.

Solution Design Contributor

• Play an important role in the development cycle, ensuring the quality of requirements and directing the activities of the design team. 
• This role requires excellent attention to detail, as the RTE frequently needs to work with the solution analysist and participate in translating them into a solutions that align with enterprise-level systems.
• In addition to guiding the squads, this role is responsible for participating in the research on existing systems and devising solutions that work within those systems.
• The RTE is ultimately responsible for the Release Train and has to ensure the quality of :
• Functional Requirements & Develop Specifications
• ART Scope & Core competencies, knowledge and experience
• Lead The squads : internal and external 
• Interface Directly Business Stakeholders
• Manage sourcing relationships and external vendors

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

Must have technical / professional qualifications: 

• At least a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field 
• Eight or more years’ experience in coordinating and delivering major projects and programs 
• Extensive experience in managing dependencies effectively across multiple delivery teams, meeting deadlines and business outcome objectives
• Experience managing multiple vendors, and managing delivery with the vendors
• Formal training and/or certification in Scaled Agile Framework or similar preferred
• Extensive experience with one or more project/program management methodologies, such as PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile and MSP and across a range of project types
• Experience with project management tools e.g. JIRA, MS Project
• Professional experience and knowledge of the insurance landscape
• Professional experience and knowledge of digital and Telecommunications industries strongly preferred
• Release train planning, coordination, facilitation, and management
• Program Increment (PI) Planning and production readiness assessment
• Continuous integration, delivery, and DevOps processes and tools
• Vendor selection, contracting, and relationship management
• Project planning and management tools expertise
• People management including performance discussions
• Stakeholder management and communication and ability to contextualize business and financial goals
• Strong business acumen and understanding of business strategy
• Collaboration skills and ability to coach agile teams
• Systems thinking and ability to operate independently and escalate when needed