Release Train Engineer- Digital Lifestyle Services

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Vodafone Full time
Role Purpose/Business Unit:
  • The Release Train Engineer is responsible for the planning, coordination, and deployment of all releases into production within a specific domain or business outcome.
  • Responsible for identifying, managing, and mitigating cross-program risks and issues to ensure on-time delivery of capabilities aligned with the business outcome vision.
  • Works closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to coordinate delivery of capabilities.
  • Defines release readiness requirements against business outcome needs and validates readiness before production release.
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 risk resolution.
  • 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 synchronization meetings.
  • 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, collaborate on technical issues, evaluate processes, and streamline operations.
  • Implement risk mitigation and oversee security audits.
  • Coordinate product development and operations teams, bridging development and operations.
  • Drive ideation and development of new products and services from concept to reality.
  • Establish manufacturing and distribution processes for product scaling.
Solution Design Contributor
  • Ensure quality of requirements and direct design team activities.
  • Work closely with solution analysts to align solutions with enterprise-level systems.
  • Participate in research on existing systems and devise solutions within those systems.
  • Manage sourcing relationships and external vendors.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:Must have technical/professional qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
  • Eight or more years' experience in coordinating and delivering major projects.
  • Extensive experience in managing dependencies across multiple teams effectively.
  • Formal training/certification in Scaled Agile Framework or similar preferred.
  • Experience with project management methodologies and tools.
  • Knowledge of insurance, digital, and Telecommunications industries.
  • Release train planning, coordination, facilitation, and management.
  • PI Planning, continuous integration, DevOps processes, and tools.
  • Vendor selection, project planning, stakeholder management skills.
  • Business acumen, collaboration skills, and ability to coach agile teams.
  • Systems thinking and ability to escalate issues when needed.
We make an impact by offering:
  • Incentive programs, competitive benefit packages, and exclusive staff discounts with partner companies.
  • Retirement funds, risk benefits, medical aid, cell phone, and data benefits.
  • Exclusive fiber connection discounts.
The base location for this role is Vodacom Campus, MidrandThe Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be part of the recruitment process. Equal Opportunities employer, encourages people with disabilities to apply.

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