Senior Agile Coach & Jira Administration Expert

Markon; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Agile Coach to drive delivery across customer teams in a highly resourced environment. You will coach teams in agile practices, help remove impediments, and ensure effective Jira/Confluence usage for program visibility.

Responsibilities include leading Scrum/SAFe ceremonies, coordinating with stakeholders, and guiding continuous process improvements across cross-functional teams. Strong TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• 10+ years of relevant experience in a systems engineering role
• Agile software development and delivery methodologies
• Scrum and scaled Agile environments
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Sprint and Program Increment planning
• Agile coaching and team facilitation
• Risk, issue, impediment, and dependency management
• Jira administration and configuration
• Jira Boards, Dashboards, Plans, filters, and reporting
• Confluence administration and collaboration
• Cross-functional and cross-team coordination
• Continuous process improvement
• Systems engineering concepts and practices
• AWS functionality and cloud-based environments
• Strong facilitation, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, program leadership, and customer stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own and support the Agile delivery process across customer teams
• Guide teams through iterative and incremental delivery practices
• Coach team members on Agile principles, processes, roles, and best practices
• Evaluate team processes and recommend improvements
• Facilitate communication and assist with conflict resolution
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, PI planning, and sprint retrospectives
• Identify, track, elevate, and assist with resolving impediments
• Coordinate with technical leads, Product Owners, stakeholders, and POCs to resolve dependencies
• Facilitate visibility and communication of risks, dependencies, and issues
• Develop, configure, and maintain Jira boards
• Create and manage Jira work items, including epics, stories, dependencies, risks, MVIs, and tasks
• Develop and maintain Jira dashboards, reports, gadgets, filters, and data-access structures
• Develop and maintain Jira Plans for program-level planning, scheduling, dependency management, and roadmap visibility
• Maintain Jira data quality and support users with functionality, configuration, reporting, and troubleshooting
• Improve Jira configurations and processes to support Agile delivery and customer requirements
• Serve as liaison among engineering teams, Product Owners, program leadership, stakeholders, and customer representatives
• Promote transparency of project, sprint, risk, dependency, and delivery information
• Use Confluence for documentation, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and Agile processes

Skills

Agile Coaching

Jira Administration

SAFe

Risk Management

Confluence Administration

Cross-functional Coordination

Facilitation

Communication

Problem Solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Agile Coach to drive delivery across customer teams in a highly resourced environment. You will coach teams in agile practices, help remove impediments, and ensure effective Jira/Confluence usage for program visibility.

Responsibilities include leading Scrum/SAFe ceremonies, coordinating with stakeholders, and guiding continuous process improvements across cross-functional teams. Strong TS/SCI with polygraph is required.