Senior Agile Coach: SAFe & DevSecOps Transformation

CGS Federal; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal seeks an experienced Agile Coach to support a large federal agency within our Project Management team. You will guide executives, managers, POs, and Scrum Masters in agile practices and DevSecOps alignment across multiple IT programs.

This role emphasizes coaching, training, and practical mentoring, driving agile maturity, facilitating PI Planning and cross-team planning, and reporting metrics to optimize delivery at scale.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of practical Agile experience with hands-on SAFe implementations.
• Experience as a hands-on organizational change agent across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile concepts with SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Product Ownership, and scaling.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Agile transformation for multiple teams and programs to deliver large initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops to educate new teams on Agile and Lean principles, roles, and ceremonies.
• Lead Agile training for government stakeholders and contractors on processes, tools, and policies.
• Coach teams in sprint planning and ongoing Agile coaching across iterations.
• Provide mentoring to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and team members.
• Help define product and program backlogs and automate reporting.
• Evolve the Agile maturity model and report findings to leadership.

Skills

Agile coaching

SAFe scaling

Scrum

Kanban

DevSecOps

PI Planning

Change management

Executive coaching

Agile metrics

Cross-team facilitation

Education

Master’s degree in IT

SAFe SPC

Scaled Agile certs

Tools

GitHub

Containerization

Zero Trust

CI/CD

Job description

CGS Federal seeks an experienced Agile Coach to support a large federal agency within our Project Management team. You will guide executives, managers, POs, and Scrum Masters in agile practices and DevSecOps alignment across multiple IT programs.

This role emphasizes coaching, training, and practical mentoring, driving agile maturity, facilitating PI Planning and cross-team planning, and reporting metrics to optimize delivery at scale.