Mission Lead/ Agile Coach

ALTA IT has a Direct Hire position open for an Agile Coach.

For a complete understanding of this opportunity, and what will be required to be a successful applicant, read on.

Top Secret

Onsite - Chantilly, VA

Must Have Active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire

The Mission Owner / Agile Coach will work with our customers, other contractor Product Owners, internal teams and agile teams to support the mission The successful candidate will be able to work in a fast-paced environment that requires team interaction and coordination of efforts. The candidate will be accountable for prioritizing, planning, organizing, training, assessing, and managing resources to ensure that projects are executed within scope and time constraints. While part of a team environment, the Mission Owner will also work individually and may assist other team members on moderately complex projects, tasks, or assignments.

This position will manage multiple systems end to end. This starts with configuration documentation through validation of execution of different efforts from a separate systems team. A successful candidate will have experience with Agile methodologies and the various tools necessary to run agile teams, as well as the ability to participate in release planning events, daily scrums, and other technical discussions as needed. The effort will harness GOTS, COTS and Custom technologies to deliver advanced production and dissemination capabilities using desktop, web and cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

Drive product delivery through keen understanding of the customer, mission, and product requirements

Validate end to end mission upgrades and execution efforts

Develop the team roadmap and support the team as needed to deliver on commitments

Plan and prioritize epics, features, stories, and bugs

Proven ability to write technical tasks with business value for the customer

Help define, document, and track the completion of Epics, Stories, Tasks, and Bugs

Communicate with other Product owners and scrum masters, program leadership, customers, and development teams

Support agile meetings such as daily scrum, retrospectives, and program increment planning

Required Skills : Clearance : Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire

Excellent customer facing skills.

Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Internal and external customer interfacing skills.

Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Defines and manages the team roadmap

Develops and proposes new ideas regarding technical solutions and processes

Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills

Agile Development knowledge and experience

Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail

Capacity to work well in groups and the ability to lead a team

Communicates regularly with key internal and external stakeholders often regarding critical / high priority issues

Strong briefing skills and experience presenting to senior customer management

Requires BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience; OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree

Must possess an active Top Secret Security Clearance with ability to obtain SCI post hire

Preferred Skills : Process Improvement

PMP Certification

SAFe Agile Certification

2 years’ experience as a Scrum Master

Certified Product Owner

Certified Scrum Master

Understanding of AWS / Cloud technologies

Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments

Experience with collaboration tools including Jira / Confluence and Rocketchat

Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies

Experience with DevSecOps best practices and technology including Gitlab CI / CD

Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Cloud Formation, Chef, Ansible