• Agile Coach

    SAIC (Chantilly, VA)


    Description

    SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.

     

    We are seeking a highly motivated **Agile Coach** to join our National Intelligence Program supporting the development, operations and maintenance, and modernization of a complex, hybrid on-premises and cloud enterprise IT environment. As an **Agile Coach** , you will work in an agile integrated product team consisting of DevSecOps Engineers, Cyber Security Engineers, Data Architects, System Administrators, Network Engineers, Systems Engineers, and Subject matter experts developing capabilities to include data visualization tools, cross domain capabilities, data ingestions, extraction, and modeling, multi-cloud computing, cybersecurity, data science and analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning implementation. You will be a part of an agile, fast paced team focused on increasing data throughput, integrity, security, as well as availability of enterprise software solutions. This position is in Chantilly, VA.

     

    _**This contract is expected to be awarded in Summer 2025._

    Job Responsibilities:

    + 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:

    + Bachelor’s degree in a technical field of study with a minimum of 8 years of experience (or Master’s degree equivalent)

    Required Experience:

    + Experience using Agile project management tools, such as Jira

    + Knowledgeable of Agile frameworks (preferably SAFe)

    + 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.

    Clearance:

    + Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess and active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph

     

    SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

     

    Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.

    REQNUMBER: 2504766

    SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability