Full-Time
Agile Coach
Cygnus Professionals
No salary listed
No H1B Sponsorship
Washington, DC, USA
In Person
US citizenship or work authorization required; sponsorship not available.
US Citizenship Required
Category
 Engineering Management (1) |
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Required Skills
Agile
SCRUM
Requirements
- Extensive experience as an Agile Coach (Certification is a must).
- Experience as Scrum Master on a variety of different projects (at least 2 years).
- Ability to create training materials and conduct training on Agile topics.
- Has served in a mentoring or coaching role.
- Experience in implementing Agile techniques in different cultures and environments.
- Has successfully run Agile projects of varying size and complexity.
- Servant Leader, able to garner respect from the team and be willing to get hands dirty to get the job done.
- Must be able to communicate well with teams.
- Able to lead and demonstrate value-add principles to a team.
- Must be able to ensure Agile and Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, and be a voice of reason and authority, making tough calls.
- Situational awareness to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management.
- Able to facilitate discussion and propose alternatives or different approaches.
- Attitude of empowerment, able to lead a team to self-organization.
- Able to bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development and grow business trust.
Responsibilities
- Create training materials and conduct training on Agile topics.
- Mentor or coach team members and others in Agile practices.
- Implement Agile techniques in different cultures and environments.
- Lead Agile projects of varying size and complexity.
- Serve as a servant leader and earn the respect of the team while contributing hands-on when needed.
- Communicate effectively with teams.
- Demonstrate value-add principles to a team and ensure Agile and Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to, acting as a voice of reason and authority and making tough decisions.
- Maintain situational awareness to identify differences and issues and elevate them to management.
- Facilitate discussions and propose alternatives or different approaches.
- Empower the team to self-organization and bring disclosure and transparency to the business about development to grow trust.
Desired Qualifications
- Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team or enterprise.
- Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures.
- Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices