Senior Agile Delivery Analyst (5770)

SMXTech Pty Ltd.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SMXTech Pty Ltd. in Arlington, VA, seeks an Agile Delivery Analyst to lead embedded delivery-management and workflow coordination for an ARES value stream.

You will work with Government Product Managers, PMO leads, technical leads, developers, data engineers, and stakeholders to translate priorities into structured, actionable work and keep workload, delivery flow, risks, dependencies, and commitments visible and manageable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required or equivalent
• Active Secret Clearance required
• 6+ years delivering technical projects or program delivery
• 4+ years using Jira and Confluence to manage work and reports
• Experience supporting end-to-end lifecycle: intake to sustainment
• Able to translate priorities into structured, actionable work

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery-management and workflow coordination for an assigned value stream or delivery team
• Translate priorities into structured, actionable work with Government Product Managers and PMO
• Support lifecycle from intake through sustainment
• Maintain a clear Jira backlog with context for outcomes, scope, priority, users, acceptance criteria
• Facilitate backlog refinement, Kanban reviews, risk/dependency discussions
• Track work in progress, blockers, forecast delivery, and capacity constraints
• Coordinate with technical leads to capture estimates, sequencing, and release considerations
• Escalate material risks and dependencies to PMO Lead and leads
• Support release readiness with completion checks and stakeholder awareness
• Maintain Confluence docs and leadership-facing reports

Skills

Active Secret Clearance

Delivery management

Agile / Kanban

Stakeholder coordination

End-to-end lifecycle experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SMX is seeking an Agile Delivery Analyst to serve as the embedded delivery-management and workflow coordination lead for an assigned ARES value stream or delivery area. The role works closely with Government Product Managers, the ARES PMO Lead, technical leads, developers, data engineers, functional experts, and stakeholders to ensure that priorities are translated into clear, actionable work and that workload, delivery flow, risks, dependencies, and commitments are visible and manageable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the delivery-management and workflow coordination lead for an assigned ARES value stream, product area, platform function, or delivery team.
• Work with Government Product Managers, PMO personnel, technical leads, functional experts, and stakeholders to translate priorities and mission needs into structured, actionable work
• Support the full work lifecycle from intake through analysis, triage, backlog refinement, prioritization support, development, delivery, release, and follow-on sustainment
• Maintain a clear, current, and appropriately structured team backlog in Jira under the direction of the Government Product Manager and in coordination with the ARES PMO Lead.
• Ensure work items include sufficient context for the delivery team, including the requested outcome, scope, priority, users or stakeholders affected, acceptance criteria, dependencies, assumptions, and relevant operational or service impacts.
• Facilitate practical team routines, including backlog refinement, Kanban or flow reviews, delivery coordination sessions, risk and dependency discussions, and action follow‑up.
• Use Agile and Kanban practices pragmatically to improve visibility, predictability, and team coordination; avoid imposing ceremonies or processes that do not improve delivery or decision quality.
• Track and communicate work in progress, blocked work, backlog readiness, work‑item aging, delivery forecasts, capacity constraints, operational workload, risks, and dependencies.
• Help distinguish and track new capability work, enhancements, defects, incidents, data‑quality issues, access requests, routine support, and other operational work so that the program can understand how capacity is being used.
• Coordinate with technical leads and delivery personnel to capture estimates, sequencing needs, technical dependencies, release considerations, and external coordination requirements.
• Escalate material risks, blockers, cross‑team dependencies, and capacity conflicts to the PMO Lead and appropriate Government or contractor leads.
• Support release readiness by coordinating work‑item completion, validation needs, stakeholder awareness, release documentation, known limitations, and follow‑on work.
• Maintain clear and useful Confluence documentation, including team working agreements, requirements artifacts, decision and action records, release information, and knowledge‑transfer material.
• Develop concise status updates, management summaries, briefings, and Jira‑based reports that accurately reflect team conditions and support leadership decision‑making.
• Capture stakeholder feedback, customer‑support themes, recurring issues, and lessons learned; ensure relevant information informs backlog refinement and continuous improvement.
• Participate in the VSA community of practice led by the PMO Lead to implement common ARES standards for work visibility, reporting, documentation, risk escalation, and delivery coordination.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Current Active Secret Clearance.
• 6+ years of experience supporting project delivery, program delivery, business analysis, product operations, technical requirements analysis, or comparable functions in a technical environment.
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience using Jira and Confluence to manage work, maintain documentation, track delivery progress, and generate reports.
• Experience supporting technical delivery teams, such as software development, data engineering, analytics, DevOps, platform operations, or enterprise IT services.
• Demonstrated experience supporting an end‑to‑end work lifecycle: intake, analysis, triage, refinement, prioritization support, development, delivery, release, and sustainment.
• Demonstrated ability to turn ambiguous requests or stakeholder needs into clear, actionable w