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LufCo · 3 hours ago

Agile Coach

Aberdeen, MD

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$80K/yr - $115K/yr

5+ years exp

LufCo is a company focused on national security initiatives, seeking an Agile Coach to bridge high-level agile strategies with practical implementation. The role involves mentoring teams, facilitating agile processes, and promoting continuous improvement to enhance team performance and deliver value to stakeholders.

AnalyticsAppsIT ManagementSoftwareSoftware Engineering

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Facilitate and document continual improvement by teaching Agile and Lean-Agile mindsets, leading quarterly "Inspect and Adapt" cycles, and designing unique Retrospectives that engage critical introspection and which result in accountable SMART goals; foster a culture of Kaizen where small, incremental changes are validated through continuous feedback and analysis

Act as the steward of agility for the program, exemplifying and advocating for the 12 Principles of Agile Software Development and the 10 SAFe Lean-Agile Principles. Evolve and expand these principles to include hardware-focused and hybrid HW/SW projects

Provide 1-on-1 and team professional development, mentorship, and coaching to new hires, Scrum Leaders, Product Owners/Managers, Resources Leads, Release Train Engineers (RTEs), and customers and stakeholders as requested/required

Manage, train, and develop all program Scrum Leaders and assist them where needed by monitoring and/or facilitating Agile Team Events

Encourage and promote all team and company best practices

Design, organize, and launch Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, and Hybrid methods based on the specific needs of the team or program. Balance and coalesce Agile delivery cycles with rigorous government compliance, reporting, and milestone/event requirements without sacrificing agility

Lead the preparation and implementation of large, hybrid Program Increment (PI) Planning workshops, Inspect and Adapt (I&A) workshops, and leadership and improvement focused sessions to include Scrum of Scrums, Sprint Reviews, and team-based Technical Deep Dives

Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the delivery pipeline to reduce lead time and improve the flow of value, establishing clear and consistent direction for program teams via value stream mapping

Monitor, compile, analyze, and present qualitative feedback and data-driven insights to identify systemic impediments and to evaluate improvements, providing program leadership with critical information to drive decision-making and evaluation of KPIs and OKRs

Own and update all program documentation related to Agile best practices

Act as the primary administrator for Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Desk software in both Cloud and Data Center implementations, operating instances deployed in secured, virtual environments

Configure, optimize, and maintain complex custom Jira workflows, automations, schemes, permission structures, etc. in order to create custom project and board configurations

Develop automated reporting dashboards (within Jira and via custom platforms using data from the Jira API) and Advanced Roadmaps to provide real-time visibility into individual and team velocity, flow, burn-up/down charts, and program predictability metrics

Create, organize, and maintain multiple Groups, Calendars, and Drive file structures to include permissions management. Requires Sheets, Docs, and Slides familiarity

Manage combined communications to include Slack, Meet, and MS Teams, among others

Create, organize, and maintain all channels, canvases, groups, organizations, etc. in all tools

Qualification

SAFe 6 Practice ConsultantAgile CoachingAtlassian Suite AdministrationICAgile Certified ProfessionalPMI-ACPAgile Release Train (ART)Servant LeadershipOrganizational SkillsCommunication Skills

Required

SAFe 6 Practice Consultant (SPC) or SAFe 6 Release Train Engineer (RTE)

B.S. degree ideally in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline

Minimum of 5 years in IT/Software development, with at least 2 years dedicated to Agile Coaching, Transformation, and Leadership

Demonstrated experience leading agile transformations, launching at least one Agile Release Train (ART), or serving as Agile Coach for at least one large-scale program (50+ people)

2+ years of demonstrated experience navigating government reporting structures, security protocols, and inter-agency collaboration in collaboration with federal or state agencies

Characteristics of servant leadership

Organizational wizardry

Unparalleled communication skills (that means talking/writing AND listening/reading)

Getting off the 'Agile' soapbox and actually making things better

Being a mostly decent human

Generally being not willing to take...uh…guff, from SW developers

Caring that people actually improve and succeed

Expert-level proficiency in Atlassian Tool Suite Administration

Ability to travel as required

Standard office environment with occasional requirements to visit client sites, labs, or field environments