Agile Coach
Leidos was awarded the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for an supporting Cloud One. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.
Location:
These positions will be remote.
Primary Responsibilities Could Include:
Multi-ART Synchronization: Orchestrate the coordination of three ARTs, managing complex inter-train dependencies and ensuring consistent application of SAFe principles across the program.
PI Planning Leadership: Facilitate and continuously improve PI Planning events across multiple ARTs. Ensure alignment of: Vision, Backlogs, Dependencies, and PI Objectives. Coach stakeholders on effective pre- and post-PI processes (backlog readiness, inspect & adapt).
Lead the strategy and execution of large-scale Program Increment (PI) Planning events, aligning all team members toward a unified vision and set of PI objectives.
Safe Training and Enablement: Deliver and support SAFe training (e.g., Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, PO/PM) to leaders and teams, enable certification readiness, and reinforce SAFe principles through ongoing coaching.
Stakeholder Mentorship: Educate company, program, and customer leads and team members on how to map SAFe milestones to program requirements.
Sustainment & DevSecOps Strategy: Guide the integration of automated testing and DevSecOps into long-term sustainment workflows to reduce technical debt throughout systems.
Agile Center of Excellence: Lead a Lean-Agile Center of Excellence (LACE) to drive organizational maturity, conduct Maturity Assessments, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Metrics, Flow, and Continuous Improvement: Implement and coach SAFe flow metrics, including Flow Velocity, Flow Time, Predictability, and Quality.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of relevant work experience or Masters with 6+ years of experience. Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
Demonstrated experience applying SAFe as the agile development methodology on a large-scale technical program.
Strong customer focus, ability to support team leadership, and establish strong, collaborative working relationships with government customers, sub-contractors, vendors, technical staff, senior managers, and peers.
Strong problem-solving skills, along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with excellent written and oral communication skills.
Experience applying advanced concepts and principles of project management.
US Citizenship required
Secret security clearance required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
Current Full Time Agile Coaching experience on a large, technical software program.
Experience applying test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built-in quality by the team.
Experience using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams.
Experience in the software development lifecycle - as a developer, tester, analyst, product manager, etc.
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Original Posting:
April 3, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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