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Agile Coach

SAIC

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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
Polygraph
Chantilly, VA (On-Site/Office)

Description

SAIC is seeking an Agile Coach to fill a critical position on the LANDMARK AOS program in Chantilly, VA. LANDMARK AOS is a large Prime SETA contract, supporting the customer's Ground Enterprise Directorate (GED), responsible for the acquisition of systems over the complete end-to-end life cycle. Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Polygraph required.

Job responsibilities to include:
  • Work closely with system stakeholders and technical teams to help them understand and execute an approach to evaluating and prioritizing cross-program capabilities and requirements.
  • Provide coaching, feedback, and advice to government teams on Agile system engineering processes, practices, and activities using industry best practices.
  • Provide coaching on specific roles, including but not limited to: Solution Managers, Solution Train Engineers, Release Train Engineers, and Product Owners.
  • Proactively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to processes.
  • Apply systems analysis and design methodology assessments to identify technical debt, architectural runway, and efficiency trade-offs against current and proposed/desired cloud-based software system design.
  • Develop and support Agile maturity assessments and coaching plans for Solution and Program level teams.
  • Support the identification, collection and reporting of Agile execution metrics and measurements to communicate adoption progress, bottlenecks, and areas of opportunity.
  • Develop briefings and training courses or materials for Solution and Program level teams.
  • Organize and lead Release Planning events to set release goals, objectives, and roadmap.
  • Facilitate positive team dynamics to help maximize team performance.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience
  • Bachelor's and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
  • SAFe certified (SA or SPC).
  • Top Secret/SCI security clearance with Polygraph.
  • 4+ years of Agile Coach experience.
  • Experience using Agile project management tools, such as Jira, etc.
  • Experience as a certified Scrum Master, certified Product Owner, Release Train Engineer, or Agile Coach.
  • Strong organizational, time-management, and verbal / written communication skills, able to convey information across multiple customer and corporate audiences.
  • Ability to facilitate larger sessions or events for release planning, etc.
  • Experience supporting the IC.
  • Knowledgeable of Agile frameworks (preferably SAFe).
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SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
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