Agile Coach
General Dynamics Information TechnologyUnited States1 day ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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Job Description:
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Other
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Skills:
Job Qualifications:
Agile Framework, Lean Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
The Agile Coach will support the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), enabling large-scale Agile and SAFe adoption across multiple Scrum and DevSecOps teams. This role provides hands-on coaching, training, and facilitation to teams, Product Owners, and leadership to strengthen Agile maturity and delivery performance across the CMM Dev modernization initiative. The Agile Coach ensures that Lean-Agile principles, collaboration, and continuous improvement practices are embedded into the culture of the program to drive consistent and predictable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
None
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards At GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline
Other
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Clearance Level Must Be Able To Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Skills:
Job Qualifications:
Agile Framework, Lean Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
The Agile Coach will support the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), enabling large-scale Agile and SAFe adoption across multiple Scrum and DevSecOps teams. This role provides hands-on coaching, training, and facilitation to teams, Product Owners, and leadership to strengthen Agile maturity and delivery performance across the CMM Dev modernization initiative. The Agile Coach ensures that Lean-Agile principles, collaboration, and continuous improvement practices are embedded into the culture of the program to drive consistent and predictable outcomes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and guide Agile transformation efforts across development, testing, and cloud engineering teams supporting CMM modernization.
- Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and cross-functional teams on Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices to ensure consistent adoption.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (daily standups, retrospectives, sprint reviews, backlog refinement, PI Planning) as needed to model effective execution.
- Develop and deliver Agile training materials, playbooks, and best-practice frameworks tailored to the CMM App Dev environment.
- Partner with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and program leadership to align Agile practices with federal delivery and compliance standards.
- Identify, track, and resolve organizational impediments that hinder Agile adoption or team performance.
- Conduct Agile maturity assessments and provide recommendations for improvement across teams and program functions.
- Collaborate with leadership to define and implement metrics and KPIs to measure Agile performance, team health, and value delivery.
- Support implementation of continuous improvement and DevSecOps-aligned Agile processes in coordination with Architecture, Cloud, and QA teams.
- Foster a culture of servant leadership, empowerment, transparency, and collaboration within all CMM development teams.
- Agile Transformation Roadmap: Includes training plans, team maturity models, and process adoption milestones.
- Agile Playbooks and Training Deliverables: Customized artifacts supporting SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban practices.
- Agile Metrics Dashboards: Velocity, sprint burndown, predictability, and team engagement reports.
- Coaching and Retrospective Reports: Documented outcomes, lessons learned, and improvement recommendations.
- 100% of CMM teams trained and practicing consistent Agile ceremonies.
- Achieve ≥90% adherence to defined Agile practices across program teams.
- Demonstrated 20% improvement in sprint predictability and throughput over two consecutive PIs.
- Increased Agile maturity score across all teams by at least one level within 12 months.
- 14+ years of IT program or product delivery experience, including 10+ years as an Agile Coach in large-scale or federal modernization programs.
- Proven expertise implementing SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks in multi-team Agile environments.
- Strong experience in Agile transformation and scaling practices within regulated or compliance-driven organizations.
- Deep understanding of Agile metrics, team dynamics, and servant leadership.
- Experience mentoring teams and leadership to adopt Lean-Agile values and continuous improvement mindsets.
- Familiarity with Agile tools such as Jira, Rally, Azure DevOps, or VersionOne.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
- Experience in federal Agile environments with multiple vendors and distributed teams.
- Knowledge of DevSecOps, CI/CD practices, and cloud-native delivery workflows (React/NodeJS, AWS).
- Familiarity with organizational change management and Agile coaching models (ICAgile, SAFe, Lean).
- Background in performance improvement and transformation consulting
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) – required.
- Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Enterprise Coach (CEC) – preferred.
- PMP or PMI-ACP – advantageous.
- ICAgile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC or ICP-ATF) – beneficial.
- Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, Confluence, Miro, LucidSpark.
- Metrics and reporting tools: Power BI, Tableau, Jira Align dashboards.
- Collaboration tools: MS Teams, SharePoint, ServiceNow Agile.
- 12+ years of general experience in information systems
- 10+ years of specialized experience
- Minimum Education: MA/MS
- Experience may be considered in lieu of degree as follows: HS (18+ years), AA/AS (16+ years), BA/BS (14+ years), Doctorate Degree/Ph.D. (11+ years)
- Excellent presentation and communication (oral and written) skills.
- Consultant mindset with the ability to work with high level customer stakeholders and build excellent customer relationship.
- Experience identifying and applying industry tools, solutions, methods best practices, and emerging technologies.
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate and communicate recommendations for improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively, independently, and as part of a team.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
None
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards At GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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