Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Representative - #903

Allen Integrated Solutions; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Integrated Solutions in the United States seeks an Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Representative (#903) to lead Agile governance for NASIC programs. The role guides Scrum/Kanban implementations, ensures DoD and NASIC standards compliance, and represents the program to senior government leadership and enterprise stakeholders.

Candidates must hold TS/SCI clearance and have extensive experience in Agile coaching, large-scale software environments, and cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience requirements for DoD/IC programs, Agile coaching, or related defense/intelligence fields.
• Experience delivering Agile software pipelines in DoD/IC environments, with compliance to NASIC standards.
• Ability to mentor teams and stakeholders on Agile Scrum practices.

Responsibilities

• Agile Governance & NASIC Representation: serves as the primary program authority on Agile practices for the Group; educates and advises stakeholders on Scrum methodologies.
• Pure Agile Orchestration: guides sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to maximize development velocity across NASIC cloud environments.
• Tool & Process Standardization: enforces standardized use of JIRA and Confluence; manages backlogs and coordinates reviews for rapid-delivery cycles.
• Vendor & Lifecycle Integration: coordinates with stakeholders and external vendors to integrate Agile software delivery streams and test, deploy, and operate capabilities.
• Reporting & Delivery Management: produces monthly Agile Process Posture Report and outlines training roadmaps.
• Mission Alignment & Community Engagement: collaborates with NASIC CDO and CMSO to support model-centric intelligence products and multi-cloud architectures.

Skills

Agile governance

Scrum

Kanban

JIRA

Confluence

DoD compliance

TS/SCI clearance

NASIC domain knowledge

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 18 years experience

Master’s degree + 15 years experience

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Representative - #903

Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Representative - #903

Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Position Overview

The Agile Subject Matter Expert (SME) / Representative serves as the principal authority and strategic lead for Agile frameworks, methodologies, and execution practices across the contract in direct support of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). Operating within the NASIC Future Capabilities & Assessment Directorate (NASIC/A9), specifically supporting the Group, this role represents the program’s Agile strategy to senior Government leadership, Group Commanders, and enterprise stakeholders.

The Agile SME ensures that software development processes are optimized for speed, quality, and technical advantage to accelerate analytical priorities. This position ensures that advanced GEOINT, Persistent Infrared (PIR), and intelligence applications are developed using robust, pure Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) while remaining fully compliant with the NASIC Enterprise Architecture, cloud-native environments, and strict Department of Defense (DoD) standards.

Core Responsibilities

• Agile Governance & NASIC Representation: Serves as the primary program representative and authority on Agile practices for the Group. Educates, mentors, and advises developers, Government Product Owners, and intelligence production stakeholders on Agile Scrum methodologies to remove systemic process bottlenecks.
• Pure Agile Orchestration: Ensures multi-disciplinary development teams operate on standardized, pure Agile principles tailored for NASIC intelligence software factories. Guides sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to maximize development velocity across the NASIC Unified Cloud (NUC) environments.
• Tool & Process Standardization: Dictates and enforces the standardized use of JIRA and Confluence across all development lifecycles. Manages product backlogs, translates complex systems engineering goals into actionable backlogs, and orchestrates review boards to prepare capabilities for rapid-delivery cycles.
• Vendor & Lifecycle Integration: Coordinates with primary stakeholders and external vendors (including Vendor or related vendor ecosystems) to seamlessly integrate Agile software delivery streams. Ensures the overall programmatic value stream is successfully tested, deployed, and operationalized within required Services of Common Concern.
• Reporting & Delivery Management: Authors and delivers the formal monthly Agile Process Posture Report, detailing the program's progress toward the comprehensive adoption of Agile methodologies, tracking metrics, and outlining future training roadmaps for the enterprise.
• Mission Alignment & Community Engagement: Collaborates directly with the NASIC Chief Data Officer (CDO) and Chief Modeling and Simulation Officer (CMSO) to ensure that Agile software workflows directly support dynamic, model-centric intelligence products and multi-cloud platform architectures.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree plus 18 years of experience, or a Master’s degree plus 15 years of experience in Government Program and Information Technology Management, Agile Coaching, or a closely related defense/intelligence field.
• Agile Leadership & Certification: Proven experience leading team-tasks and implementing pure Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) within complex, large-scale application environments. Must possess an advanced Agile certification (e.g., Certified Agile Coach, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)).
• DoD Compliance: Direct experience tailoring application workflows, technical briefs, and coding specifications to meet strict DoD, IC, and Air Force standards within an Agile pipeline.
• Security Clearance: Must possess an active TS/SCI security clearance to operate on-site within NASIC secure facilities and access repositories across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS.
• NASIC Experience: NASIC experience highly desired, not mandatory.
• Autonomous Execution: Demonstrated success working on all phases of software applications programming, modernization tracking, and Agile events independent of supervisory guidance.
• NASIC Domain Expertise: Deep technical understanding of the NASIC Mission, specifically the Group portfolio, PIR Enterprise Platform, and the Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED) mission systems.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Familiarity: Experience aligning software factory outputs with cloud-native development concepts, secure cross-domain data flows, and the NASIC 2033 IT Modernization Strategy.