Release Train Engineer

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Landonline is crucial to supporting the New Zealand way of life. There is no other way to buy land or a house in New Zealand, and it provides important information to be able to respond to emergencies, natural disasters and biosecurity concerns.

We are looking for 2 x motivated Release Train Engineers to join our team, where you are responsible for facilitating the Agile Release Train (ART) and driving delivery to achieve business objectives. As a servant leader and coach for the ART, you are also responsible for escalating impediments, managing risk, and helping drive continuous improvement within the ART and consistency across the ARTs

You are focussed on articulating the overall delivery and the implementation, ensuring mission execution, leading, and facilitating squads through development and delivery. As an Agile facilitator, you coach at the portfolio, program, and team levels. A key part of your role is providing guidance in methodology (SAFe, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Kanban, XP etc) to Agile team members, and you will strongly support teams in architectural runway development and work break-down. Facilitation of programme events including Release Planning, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and Scrum of Scrums is a key part of your role.

This is your opportunity to join us and make a meaningful contribution to our Agile journey and to Toitū Te Whenua's wider transformation to deliver more value for New Zealand.

He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Managing and optimising the flow of value
• Championing, leading, and embedding SAFe
• Facilitating Portfolio and Programme events e.g Programme Increment Planning, Portfolio Sync
• Tracking and publishing PI objectives/team progress for visibility and transparency
• Facilitating Agile ceremonies such as Scrum of Scrums, Inspect & Adapt, System/PI demo
• Assisting with economic decision making by facilitating feature and capability estimation by teams and the roll up to Epics, where necessary
• Coaching leaders, teams, and Scrum Masters in Lean Agile practices and mindsets
• Helping manage risks and dependencies as well as escalating and tracking impediments
• Working with Architecture, Product Management, Scrum Masters and other stakeholders to help ensure strategy and execution alignment.

Ngā mea e tukuna ana e tātau – What we offer our employees 

• Interesting work which impacts Aotearoa as we care for whenua, moana and arawai
• Eye & ear care reimbursements
• Annual Flu Vaccinations
• Reduced Health Insurance Premiums
• Diverse groups and networks
• If eligible for paid parental leave, you will be entitled to a top up payment for the first 18 weeks of the 26 weeks.
• A minimum of four weeks and three days annual leave

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story

Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations. Now and for future generations.

Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan

Toitū Te Whenua is a diverse team of individuals with different experience and perspectives. This drives our culture and high performance.  We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential.  As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value difference and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not. As an organisation we embrace diversity, encourage work life balance and have a flexible approach to the way we work which means you will quickly feel connected and valued.

Tono mai - How to Apply

If you're eyeing up this role and believe you've got what it takes, please apply, or get in touch with the team. 

To apply, please click “Apply Online.” You'll be taken through to our Toitū Te Whenua Careers Centre where you'll be able to review further information about the responsibilities and accountabilities of this role in the Position Description. You'll be able to complete your online application form and upload a copy of your CV/Cover Letter. 

Please note, while applications close Monday 14 October 2024, we may be reviewing applications as they are received and may progress with suitable applicants prior to the application closing date. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible if you are interested in this position.

For tracking and evaluation purposes, all applications must be submitted via our on-line process. You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position. 

You may notice that the Position Description title for this role (Solution Delivery Specialist - Level Wha/4) doesn't match the advertised title.  At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks). This means our position descriptions are broad, one position description can cover many roles, this is known as Broad Based Role (BBR). Using BBR allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.

If you have any questions about this role or working at Toitū Te Whenua, please email opportunities@linz.govt.nz  and our Recruitment Team will be in touch with you.