Agile Coach

• Duration: 6 Months Contract (will continually extend)
• !! Need Green Card, US Citizen Candidates Only !!

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience as an AGILE COACH (Certification is a must)
• Experience as Scrum Master on a variety of different projects (at least 2 years)
• Can create training materials and conduct training on Agile topics
• Has served in a mentoring or coaching role
• Has 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 his/her team and be willing to get their 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, must be able to be a voice of reason and authority, make the tough calls.
• Situationally aware, notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to management
• Able to facilitate discussion and facilitate 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

Nice to have

• Understand other processes and methodologies and can speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise
• Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
• Familiarity with common Agile practices, service-oriented environments, and better development practices
• ** U.S. Citizens and those who are authorized to work independently in the United States are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
• ** All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.