Company Overview:

Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.

At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.

Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.

Join us and make a meaningful impact.

Markon is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Description:

Markon is seeking two mid-level Agile Coaches with experience working with software engineering, cloud computing, systems engineering, computer science, or a similar field.

Responsibilities:

The Agile team acts as strategic advisors to Senior Customers as well as development teams and must have experience communicating the Agile mindset and implementation of SAFe Agile practices.

Assist lead Agile Coach with alignment of programs to solutions. Develop and implement Agile methodologies and best practices for software development projects. Provide guidance and coaching to teams on Agile principles and practices. Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos. Identify and address any roadblocks or impediments to team productivity.

Candidate must be well spoken with the ability to provide recommendations to teams as well as executive level clients and collaborate as part of a team. Candidate will act as a subject matter expert on Agile practices and processes and provide support to stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 3-4 years relevant experience.
• 5-8 years of experience and SPC certification will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• SPC, CSM, CSPO, or related Agile Coaching Certification

• Managing Agile practices, performing as a scrum master, developing roadmaps for agile software acquisition, and or writing and competing Agile contracts.
• Must value and be able to communicate the following values:
  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  • Working software over comprehensive documentation
  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
  • Responding to change over following a plan