Release Train Engineer (RTE)

About the role

This position is responsible for the end-to-end governance of the internal cloud platform release lifecycle. The role involves planning, coordination, execution, and production promotion of infrastructure and platform changes. You will manage release dependencies across engineering, operations, security, and product teams, ensuring changes are introduced safely and predictably with minimal risk to platform stability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the release lifecycle for an internal cloud platform.
• Develop and maintain release standards, cadence, and readiness criteria for enterprise-scale delivery.
• Manage release calendars, coordinate change windows, and enforce readiness criteria.
• Integrate CI/CD pipeline outputs and automation workflows into controlled production releases.
• Ensure changes are introduced with minimal risk to platform stability.
• Cook up dependencies across engineering, operations, security, and product teams.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 3–5 years of experience managing release lifecycles for enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or shared services.
• Experience operating within regulated environments where platform stability, auditability, and change controls are mandatory.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with Jira, Agile/SAFe tooling, and release tracking mechanisms. A strong working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Release Train Engineer (RTE) or ITIL Change Management certification.
• 5-7+ years supporting infrastructure or cloud platform releases at an enterprise scale.
• Experience releasing VMware-based platforms, internal clouds, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define release standards, readiness criteria, and governance frameworks.
• Experience in financial services or a similarly regulated industry.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address).