Release Train Engineer - Digital Business

At customer site
Software Development
Professional, Freelancer

Cegeka continues to grow! Within the Digital Business division, we are following this trend and are therefore looking for an experienced Release Train Engineer (RTE) to assist and guide one of our customers.

  • You support the Domain Director and Business Engagement Manager with the intake, scoping, and end-to-end delivery of transformation programs.
  • You collaborate with business and procurement stakeholders on RFP processes and ensure project maturity transparency across PIs and Scrum teams.
  • You co-manage the IT roadmap’s translation into projects, overseeing alignment with delivery goals.
  • You guide the scrum team to meet sprint and PI objectives, addressing impediments and maintaining focus on goals.
  • You ensure quality standards by enforcing definitions of readiness and completion within the team.
  • You bring experience in multi-application teams, enhancing release visibility, and can translate between waterfall and agile models as needed.
  • You help prepare PI planning sessions and coordinate inter-team collaboration at the release train level, representing the RTE within the Lean Agile Center of Excellence (LACE).
  • You enhance team dynamics and performance by helping to manage conflicts,an opportunities for growth.  
  • You escalate unresolved people issues when needed, and guide teams through personnel transitions.
  • You facilitate team retrospectives to promote continuous improvement and accountability.
  • You coach Scrum Masters in Agile ceremonies (e.g., Daily Stand-up, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective).
  • You promote Agile values and SAFe quality practices, integrating Luminus-specific principles and practices.
  • You drive the adoption of techniques for better flow and quality, like test automation, CI/CD, pair programming, and effective demos.
  • You guide the team in implementing improved processes for flow and quality, including release management and LCM.
  • You work 2 days per week in Brussels combined with working from home.

What you need to succeed:

  • You bring extensive experience with Agile methodologies, especially SAFe, and project management.
  • You have expertise in tracking and reporting on team delivery, using Project Management tools like Jira.
  • You have an affinity with IT solutions across levels and possess a solid understanding of business contexts and complex IT architectures involving various technologies and systems.
  • You connect and communicate effectively to engage stakeholders through storytelling and presentations.
  • You apply critical thinking to enhance processes and stimulate creativity.
  • You are fluent in English, with proficiency in Dutch and/or French as a plus.

What are we offering:

  • We ask a lot of you and your talents! Fortunately, you also get a lot in return! Competencies and character are essential to us, alongside experience and ambitions. Cegeka continuously invests in talent management so that every employee can realise his potential.
  • You will join a Top Employer!
  • A competitive salary completed with fringe benefits. An electrical company car with charging card or mobility budget, lunch vouchers, eco vouchers, interesting group and hospitalisation insurance, a mobile phone subscription, flat-rate expense allowances, a powerful laptop and the opportunity to give your salary package a personal touch thanks to our Flex Reward Plan.
  • Flexible working hours and a nice work/life balance.
  • A top team: in which new fresh ideas and initiatives are always welcome! Team events, monthly happy hours and an always legendary company party are also part of this.
  • Tailormade guidance: throughout your career, you will be guided by our people managers. So you have a point of contact, a personal coach and a sparring partner.
  • Continuous learning: through innovation centres, reading groups, knowledge sharing meetings, hackathons, participation in conferences and external training courses, we focus on knowledge sharing and learning.
  • Opportunity to grow: depending on your own interests and initiatives, Cegeka offers various horizontal and vertical career paths.
  • Hybrid working: you work from a Cegeka office in your area (Hasselt, Leuven, Antwerp, Ghent), and the customer's location in Brussels within walking distance of the train station.
  • We value sustainability by pursuing carbon neutrality with the electrification of our vehicle fleet and an eco-friendly data center. We develop innovative solutions with a positive impact on the environment, people and society, and strive for an inclusive and diverse work environment where everyone is valued and heard.

Aspire to more: our promise to you!

At Cegeka you get all the opportunities you need to develop further as a professional. Together we discover what you really want to do for our clients and colleagues. We would like to invite you to grow with us. In an unprecedented variety of challenging and meaningful IT projects. Make your mark on projects with interesting customers where we can make the difference. Aspire to more!


We are always working together here. Intensively, with lots of fun and commitment. It is a culture driven by family values: full of trust, people-oriented, open, loyal and respectful. We offer a lot of freedom and responsibility. We want you to be part of the next phase of a proud, successful, fast-growing, innovative, European IT company full of ambitions.

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