Remote: Hybrid position with the dates that candidate would be required to go into the office. Preference to be near Chicago location.
Possibility to go FTE. Will evaluate after 6 months.
Sr Agile Coach
Team has 3 Agile coaches and looking to expand and sustain the squads that they have.
DevOps two major tools Legacy JIRA and Azure DevOps moving towards Azure DevOps someone who is able to configure the tools cases with JIRA where they can generate reports
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12 month assignment with potential for FTE
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Must Haves:
SAFe ART Launch Certification
SPC 6 Cert with training experience required conducting trainings
Devops tool configuration
5 Years of Azure experience
Configuring tools like Azure DevOps
Interview Process: Multiple Interview most would be 3
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At least a BA degree
Duties & Responsibilities:
-Provide hands-on support to teams in adopting an agile mindset and practices with a focus on growing capabilities in teams.
-Educate employees at all levels, on Agile principles, providing them with tools for implementing the process in their own work.
- Provide training sessions, charter boot camps and other interactive workshops as required that lead toward the organization-wide adoption of Agile methodologies.
-Provide Agile coaching, which will require expertise in Agile Scrum, SAFe or SAFe-like frameworks,
-Test driven development and Kanban principles, methods, and techniques-Define, own, and sustain the master playbook on Agile for RBS based on evaluation of Agile frameworks, Organizational goals, and using learnings from pilot teams.
-Ensure adoption of the Agile methodology and playbook is consistent across the organization by working with Agile teams and product owners.-Work with the Product owners and the engineering team to align the product vision with the delivery roadmap, quarterly & sprint goals
-Facilitating multi-team events like Scrum of Scrum, Big Room Planning, Retrospectives.-Coach and mentor scrum masters. Develop self-organizing teams of agile teams. Access and measure the maturity of an agile team regularly.
-The primary framework being used is SAFe, supported by JIRA and Confluence.Qualifications:
-Bachelor's degree in a technology related field or equivalent experience
-5 experience acting as a scrum master or agile coach in a fast-moving tech environment
-5 years related work experience playing an active leadership role in scaled agile transformations-Experience providing hands-on coaching, guidance, and support to all members of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) teams-
Key Skills:
Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile Frameworks
-Experience working with Jira and confluence.
-Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate complex messages and teach new concepts-Demonstrated experience coaching organizations on agile best practices, expert in all topics involving agile and experience working across organizational levels.
-SAFe certification
Preferred Qualifications:
-Retail experience-Consulting Experience
-MBA or advanced degree in relevant technology or business related field
Transforming Waterfall to Agile
- Agile journey kicked off 2 years ago, last year they launched 27 squads. Currently, on the team, there are 3 agile coaches and they want to add to that. They are going to launch more squads this year
- Team has 3 Agile coaches and looking to expand and sustain the squads that they have.
- Lead the implementation of Agile
- 5 years of consulting experience in Agile
- Multi-year transformation
DevOps two major tools Legacy JIRA and Azure DevOps 70% use Jira and 30% use Azure Devops. Moving towards Azure DevOps for tracking and planning also helps more with CI/CD-code quality. Want someone who can configure the tools and generate reports.
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12 month assignment with potential for FTE
Must be local to a RBS location, Hybrid
At least a BA degree