Release Train Engineer Senior Advisor - Evernorth (Information Technology)

Cigna, a leading Health Services company, is looking for exceptional Release Train Engineer with a passion for transforming stakeholder experience with innovative solutions, to join the Office for Intelligent Automation.

The release train engineer is a critical role in transforming our provider experience by improving the flow of value through the release train and enable successful delivery of the features. This role is responsible for defining the program objectives, partnering with the product teams and managing risks and dependencies across multiple product teams. This leadership role drives continuous improvement across the Release Train, addresses critical bottlenecks and helps improve lean thinking. This role further works with technology teams delivering solutions using cutting edge technologies, product management and drive innovation and transformation to improve experience and create a positive impact to the stakeholders.

Location: Remote

Responsibilities:

• As an RTE, manage the delivery of dedicated product teams, and coordinate work into and from other product teams
• Develop and maintain an overall road-map / plan on how the train (dedicate + virtual teams) will deliver improvements
• Participates in PI Planning readiness; preparation of Program Vision and backlogs via pre- and post-PI Planning
• Assists with execution and Feature completion and drives continuous improvement via Inspect and Adapt (I&A)
• Assists with economic decision making, escalates and tracks impediments and helps manage risks and dependencies
• Facilitates the Agile Release Train (ART) Sync meeting
• Assists Product Management with economic decision making and by facilitating Feature estimation by teams and then aggregate up to the Epic level
• Encourages collaboration between System and Solution Architects, User Experience, Engineers and Teams
• Reports status and supports activities related to Program Portfolio Management and Release Management
• Addresses critical bottlenecks and ensures the necessary tools are set up for the ART (including software, collaboration tools, CI/CD, etc.)
• Encourages and facilitates Team Layer and Program Layer continuous integration and communities of practice for Quality, Engineering, SAFe, Agile and Lean
• Ensures the ART has established working agreements with relevant Operations 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

This position is with Evernorth, a new business within the Cigna Corporation.

Requirements & Qualifications:

A highly motivated, collaborative individual with technology experience, exceptional communication skills and proven experience working with diverse teams of technical architects, business users and IT teams on all phases of the software development life-cycle. Qualifications include:

• Ability to Adapt and work across teams - This is role will be a coordinator across several, independent teams, and the candidate will need to be able to tailor the position to meet these needs
• 5+ years of experience in multiple phases of software development including design, configuration, testing, debugging, implementation, and support of large-scale, business centric and process based applications
• Ability to research, analyze, make recommendations, and evaluate technical requirements, functions, and processes, to improve software development and facilitate the development of software solutions.
• Improve the flow of value through Value Streams, Solution Trains, Agile Release Trains, and Iterations using the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps.
• Drive relentless improvement; assess the agility level of the Solution Train, Agile Release Train, and Agile Teams help improve lean and agile thinking.
• Strong communications skills with the ability to speak with technical and business leads
• This role requires the passion to want to make a better experience for our Providers and customers and the ability to keep looking to the future
• Ability to navigate across the landscape and coordinate with these teams
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment
• Strong project management / coordination skills
• The ability to effectively work in Rally

For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of $113,000 - $188,400, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

Helping our customers achieve healthier, more secure lives is at the heart of what we do. While you take care of our customers, we'll take care of you through a comprehensive benefits program that helps you be at your best. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and best in class well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and dozens of corporate discounts on essentials you use every day. For more details on our employee benefits programs, please visit the "Life at Cigna" tab on our careersite: www.cigna.com/careers

About Evernorth

Evernorth, Cigna Corporation's health services segment, exists to elevate health for all. We're building on our legacy and redefining health care as we know it. Unbiased in how we think, we create without limitation. We partner without constraints, deliver value differently and act in the interest of humanity. Solving across silos, closing gaps in care, and empowering clients, customers, and people everywhere to move onward and upward. When you work with us, you'll be empowered to solve the problems others don't, won't or can't. Join us. What difference will you make?

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.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

Cigna has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.