SunTrust Banks

Release Train Engineer

Posted on: 14 Mar 2021

Charlotte, NC

Job Description

Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency: English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)



Please review the following job description:

Leads the configuration, testing, and/or release of application/software solutions into the production environment.

Detailed Responsibilities

Manage and optimize the flow of value through the program

Establish and communicate the calendars for Iterations/Sprints and Agile Releases

Facilitate Agile Release Planning readiness via fostering the preparation of Vision and Backlogs and via Pre- and Post- Agile Release Planning meetings

Facilitate Agile Release Planning/PI Planning

Aggregate Team Agile Release Objectives into Program Agile Release Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparency

Assist with execution and Feature/Capability completion tracking

Escalate and track impediments

Encourage the collaboration between teams and System and Solution Architects, Engineering, and User Experience

Work with Product Management, Product Owners, and other value stream stakeholders to help assure strategy and execution alignment

Help manage risks and dependencies

Encourage team level, program level and value stream level integration

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent combination of industry-related professional experience and education

Demonstrated Release Train Experience planning, organizing and executing large scale projects from conception through execution using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). Ability to coordinate multiple teams in a technology environment to deliver continuous value to business partners, technology teams and other stakeholders.

Solid background utilizing an Agile framework (e.g. Scrum, Extreme Programming, Kanban, SAFe) in software development, such as 2+ years as an Agile practitioner, or preferred: 2+ years as a scrum master and/or 3+ years as program manager

Experience with processes and tools supporting Agile methodologies

Experience in stakeholder relationship and team building

Expertise in Scrum including the values and principles, and how they are applied in large, enterprise environments

Familiarity with modern software engineering techniques such as Continuous integration, build, deliver, test-driven development and other automated acceptance testing techniques

Experience working with collocated and offshore teams

Certifications

Highly Preferred: SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE), SAFe SM (SSM) or equivalent

Desired: SAFe Program Consultant (SPC)

SunTrust Banks

Atlanta, GA

SunTrust Banks, Inc. operates as the holding company for SunTrust Bank that provides various financial services for consumers, businesses, corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit entities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Consumer and Wholesale. The Consumer segment provides deposits and payments; home equity and personal credit lines; auto, student, and other lending products; credit cards; discount/online and full-service brokerage products; professional investment advisory products and services; and trust services, as well as family office solutions. This segment also offers residential mortgage products in the secondary market.

The Wholesale segment provides capital markets solutions, including advisory, capital raising, and financial risk management; asset-based financing solutions, such as securitizations, asset-based lending, equipment financing, and structured real estate arrangements; cash management services and auto dealer financing solutions; investment banking solutions; and credit and deposit, fee-based product offering, multi-family agency lending, advisory, commercial mortgage brokerage, and tailored financing and equity investment solutions. This segment also offers treasury and payment solutions, such as operating various electronic and paper payment types, which comprise card, wire transfer, automated clearing house, check, and cash; and provides services clients to manage their accounts online.

The company offers its products and services through a network of traditional and in-store branches, automated teller machines, Internet, mobile, and telephone banking channels. As of December 31, 2018, it operated 1,218 full-service banking offices located in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. SunTrust Banks, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.