SAFe Agile Coach

What do you get when you bring together a team of bright individuals and place them into an environment where “work” means making a difference in the lives of people across the globe?

You get Sciolex Corporation, a fast-growing defense contractor focused on providing the U.S. Government a level of service that surpasses the epitome of excellence.  Our core services include systems engineering technical advice, technical support, and administrative assistance.  From our humble beginning as a small Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business in Chantilly, VA, Sciolex Corporation is now the home for over 1,000 employees across the U.S.

Over the past 16 years, Sciolex Corporation has constructed an environment that celebrates diversity and encourages a positive work/life balance, all while supporting government missions that our employees are proud to be a part of.  When you work for Sciolex Corporation, you are working for a stable company that values you and is committed to ensuring you receive the utmost employee care.

The Agile Coach will lead and facilitate teams through the agile framework to accelerate system development. The majority of work will be performed at the Portfolio and Large Solution Levels. You must be familiar with Agile practices (preferably SAFe) and be willing to become an Agile Coach to help lead the Agile transformation. The position is located in Chantilly, VA.

• Work closely with system stakeholders and technical teams to help them understand and execute an approach to evaluating and prioritizing program capabilities and requirements
• Provide coaching, feedback, and advice to government teams on Agile processes, Scaled Agile Framework
• Guide the team and all other stakeholders on DevOps practices (Pipeline, collaboration, TTD (Test Driven Development and CI/CD)
• Proactively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to team 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 briefings and documentation material for Program / Project Manager’s engagements, including developing technical roadmaps and the acquisition strategies/documentation to implement them
• Facilitate positive team dynamics to help maximize team performance

• TS/SCI security clearance with a CI polygraph.
• Must be SAFe certified (SA or SPC)
• Bachelor’s STEM degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent years of work experience
• 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 product planning, etc.
• NRO experience (preferably Ground)
• Knowledgeable of Agile practices (preferably SAFe)

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with IC and/or DoD space architectures, systems, and/or operations
• Capability to adapt to fluid situations and prioritize tasking in a dynamic environment
• Experience managing cyclical and continual prioritization of Solution-level Kanban / Backlog across programs/teams

COVID Policy:

Must be fully vaccinated and you must submit proof of vaccination on your first day of employment.

At Sciolex Corporation, our top priorities and most valuable resources are our employees, which is why we offer a competitive total compensation package.  We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who celebrates diversity in and out of our organization.  Come see where your opportunities for success can flourish.

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