Somoiag Ionut
About Somoiag Ionut
Somoiag Ionut is a Release Train Engineer at Endava in Braşov, Romania, with extensive experience in agile methodologies and project management.
Title
Somoiag Ionut holds the title of Release Train Engineer at Endava in Braşov, Romania.
Current Position at Endava
As a Release Train Engineer at Endava, Somoiag Ionut is responsible for facilitating Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions. He ensures that agile teams collectively plan for the next 8-12 weeks. Additionally, he regularly facilitates System Demos to showcase the Agile Release Train’s integrated work after each iteration. He also conducts ART Sync meetings with product managers, product owners, and scrum masters to ensure alignment within the agile release train.
Previous Roles and Experience
Somoiag Ionut has amassed extensive experience in various roles. He worked at vidaXL as an SFCC Technical Project Manager & Consultant for 5 months in Braşov. Prior to that, he spent 7 years at OSF Global Services in multiple capacities, including SFCC E-commerce Project Manager, SFCC Solution Architect, SFCC Back End Developer, and SFCC Lead Front End Developer. He has also worked as a Web Developer for ARVO GROUP and CODE COMUNICARE SRL, and as a Graphic Web Designer for Consiliul Național al IMM-urilor din România.
Education and Expertise
Somoiag Ionut studied Aerospace Engineering at the Politehnica University of Bucharest, completing his degree over a span of 4 years. His expertise encompasses a broad range of duties including facilitating Scrum of Scrums and PO Sync events for large agile release trains, coaching a lean-agile mindset, and promoting DevOps practices. He assists in feature estimation, manages risks and dependencies, and ensures smooth project execution.
Agile Practices and Responsibilities
In his role as a Release Train Engineer, Somoiag Ionut optimizes the flow of work through the agile release train by capturing program flow metrics. He supports relentless improvement and helps product managers prepare for PI Planning by ensuring the vision, roadmap, and program backlogs are ready. Additionally, he promotes DevOps practices within the organization to support the creation and relentless improvement of a continuous delivery pipeline.