The Agile Engineering Coach will work with Technical Delivery Teams, Product Managers/Owners, Scrum Masters, QA, and PMO to assist with ongoing deployment of Agile development practices across the organization. Will work directly with the teams to deliver training, coaching, and written documentation on Agile practices, tools, and techniques to support our goal to produce the highest quality software and the most efficient development teams possible. In addition, will be responsible for constant review of performance indicators and metrics used to measure internal productivity, quality and other key areas.
Required Skills:
- - At least 8 years of experience in software development, with at least 3 as a Java Programmer
- - 3 years of JUnit, Jenkins/Hudson, Ant/Maven
- - Experience coaching and mentoring teams in Agile software development practices
- - Interest or experience in the practical application of Continuous Integration techniques
- - Solid oral, written, and presentation as well as strong interpersonal skills are require
- - Experience with Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing
- - Test-Driven Development experience
- - Strong knowledge of structural / modular aspects of application design (emergent design)
- - Track record in implementing improvements in development practices
- - Ability to build strong working relationships with internal customers
- - Work closely with Scrum team members and other stakeholders to define the automated testing strategy / standards and the design of resilient automated test components and test programs
- - Implement and maintain framework components that support test execution, metrics collection, reporting and integration with other application life cycle management components
- - Help and encourage teams to manage and maintain a complex set of automated test assets including tests, test framework components, test databases and test servers
- - Oversee the execution of automated tests and troubleshoot complex failures including failures of the system under test
- - Act as a project manager when necessary. Take responsibility for managing dependencies across multiple teams.
- - Strengthen the presence of our team as an Agile center of excellence. Actively contribute to the Agile and Lean Community.
- - Knowledge of the software development life cycle
- - Certified scrum master/scrum practitioner
- - Knowledge and/or experience of Kanban
- - Excellent communication skills in English in written and spoken form
- - At least 3 years experience working in an Agile environment, preferably in a variety of situations
- Successful candidate must be able to obtain and retain a Public Trust security clearance. Candidates must be authorized to work in the US and a resident of the US for the previous 5 years with no longer than a 90 day absence.
- - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
Duration: Contract to hire after 6 Months
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