Agile Coach

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) provides a pay range based on skills and experience.

$81,536.00/yr – $/yr

Full-Time, Experienced

Project Management

CGS seeks an experienced Agile Coach to support a large federal agency committed to an operating model based on Agile, Product‑focus, and Dev Sec Ops . The ideal candidate embodies an Agile mindset, empowering culture through coaching, guidance, and support to executives, managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and others.

• Oversee the Agile transformation for multiple teams at both team and program level, enabling delivery of large strategic system development initiatives.
• Facilitate team workshops to help new teams understand Agile and Lean principles, Scrum, Kanban, roles, and responsibilities.
• Lead creation, delivery, and strategy of Agile Training to government stakeholders and contractors regarding agency Agile processes, tools, and policies.
• Help teams with sprint planning and implementation, providing ongoing Agile Coaching support throughout multiple iterations.
• Provide ad hoc coaching to teams that have implemented Agile but need assistance to refine processes.
• Provide practical hands‑on mentoring to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team members of new and existing Agile teams.
• Help teams set up team boards, workflow automation, and automated reporting; assist organizations to define, prioritize, and decompose requirements in product and program backlogs.
• Evolve and maintain the Agile Maturity Assessment model; assess team performance and Agile maturity; report findings.
• Provide feedback on processes, policies, procedures, training, and tooling changes to better support enterprise Agile transformation.
• Facilitate and coordinate cross‑team planning workshops and coach other Scrum Masters to facilitate such workshops.
• Facilitate and coordinate cross‑team grooming sessions; lead and participate in Agile communities of practice; prepare and/or update organization‑wide Agile artifacts and methodology documentation.
• Help iterate on and provide recommendations to advance the Agile Transformation Roadmap.
• Embed an agile culture using techniques from a wide range of agile and lean methodologies and frameworks.
• Ensure Agile project metrics are tracked and monitored for indications of potential problem areas; assist teams in identifying and implementing solutions to address problems.
• Oversee coaching and planning of multiple high‑performing Agile development teams and large‑scale programs across the enterprise.

• Familiar with Dev Sec Ops  tools and techniques such as modern IDEs, Git Hub, containerization, everything as code, and zero‑trust.
• Superior organizational skills with an acute attention to detail.
• Effective under pressure in time‑sensitive situations; prioritize multiple projects with similar deadlines.
• Agile coaching experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of practical Agile experience.
• Strong understanding of Agile concepts with emphasis on SAFe, including Scrum, Kanban, Product Ownership, and Agile scaling.
• Experience as a hands‑on organizational change agent across multiple teams.
• Experience assisting leadership and team members to remove barriers and embrace transformation by customizing solutions.
• Experience launching Agile Release Trains, building a Continuous Delivery Pipeline, empowering a Lean Portfolio, and understanding SAFe implementation at all levels.
• Experience supporting and executing PI Planning events and coordinating multiple Agile Release Trains (ARTs).

• Master’s degree or other higher education degree in Information Technology‑related field.
• Certifications including or equivalent to Scaled Agile Framework – SPC, Scrum Alliance – CST, ICAgile – ICE‑AC, ICP‑CAT‑Equivalent Expert / Senior Coaching Certifications.
• Secure coding knowledge.
• Open‑source tools management.

Contact Government Services (CGS) strives to simplify and enhance government bureaucracy through the optimization of human, technical, and financial resources. We combine cutting‑edge technology with world‑class personnel to deliver customized solutions that fit our…