Agile Coach

Agile Coach

Role: Agile Coach Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area 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