Agile Coach with Security Clearance

Role Overview

CGS Federal is seeking an Agile Coach to support a large federal agency using an operating model centered on Agile, product focus, and DevSecOps. You will coach and enable executives, managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and teams to improve efficiency and delivery outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead Agile transformation across multiple teams at team and program levels for large strategic IT initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops covering Agile and Lean principles, Scrum, Kanban, and role/responsibility models.
• Create, deliver, and help define the strategy for Agile training for government stakeholders and contractors (processes, tools, policies).
• Support sprint planning and execution and provide ongoing coaching for new Agile teams across iterations.
• Provide ad hoc coaching to teams refining Agile processes.
• Provide hands-on mentoring to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team members.
• Help teams establish team boards, workflow automation, and automated reporting.
• Assist organizations in defining, prioritizing, and decomposing requirements in Product and Program Backlogs.
• Evolve and maintain an Agile Maturity Assessment model; assess team performance and report results.
• Provide feedback on improvements to processes, policies, training, and tooling for enterprise Agile transformation.
• Facilitate and coordinate cross-team planning workshops, and coach other Scrum Masters to do the same.
• Facilitate cross-team grooming sessions; lead and participate in communities of practice.
• Prepare/update organization-wide Agile artifacts and methodology documentation.
• Iterate on and recommend improvements to the Agile Transformation Roadmap.
• Track Agile project metrics and help identify and address potential problem areas.
• Oversee coaching and planning across multiple high-performing Agile development teams and large-scale programs.

Requirements

• Agile coaching experience.
• Minimum 5 years of practical Agile experience.
• Strong understanding of Agile concepts with emphasis on SAFe (Scrum, Kanban, Product).
• Familiar with DevSecOps tools and techniques, including modern IDEs, GitHub, containerization, everything as code, and zero-trust.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure, manage time-sensitive situations, and prioritize multiple deadlines.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience guiding multiple teams through Agile transformation and maturity assessment.
• Experience coaching cross-team planning and grooming using Agile community practices.