accenturefederalservices · Washington, DC · Springfield, Virginia, United States · Suitland, Maryland, United States
<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p><strong>You are: </strong></p> <p>A passionate agile practitioner, with an unquenchable thirst for learning and improving how work gets done. You have a strong grasp of Lean and Agile principles, practices, and frameworks, but are ultimately pragmatic and measured in your application. You have extensive experience as a Scrum Master applying agility in more traditional, project-oriented environments. You thrive in a collaborative, creative and productive team environment where ideas are freely exchanged, and innovative concepts evolve into practical solutions.</p> <p><strong>The work:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Help Agile Teams deliver successfully and meet contract obligations through the application of lean and agile values, principles and practices.</li> <li>The ability to creatively apply agile ways of working to project-oriented contracts</li> <li>Plan and facilitate agile events in a manner that provides value, and fosters engagement.</li> <li>Facilitate the creation and refinement of artifacts like Definitions of Ready and Definitions of Done.</li> <li>Make work visible, using charts, reports and other information radiators to communicate real-time status.</li> <li>Help teams identify, resolve, and escalate risks, and impediments.</li> <li>Coach agile teams on effective story definition, prioritization, and estimation practices.</li> <li>Charter new teams, fostering clarity around ways of working and agreements.</li> <li>Ensure Agile Teams have access to the tools, resources, and personnel they need to deliver.</li> <li>Foster a continuous improvement culture by facilitating assessments and providing data to aid in the identification of improvement goals.</li> <li>Design and facilitate agile training across a range of disciplines and frameworks.</li> <li>Work with project leadership to implement and continuously monitor delivery and contract related metrics.</li> <li>Coach personnel on effective Product Management practices.</li> <li>Work closely with engineering teams to identify opportunities to automate and improve the way the technical solution is tested, built, integrated and deployed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Here’s what you need:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience working in software development environment</li> <li>Experience in an Agile Coaching role supporting technology delivery at scale using a variety of practices.</li> <li>Grasp of agile frameworks, specifically: Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe</li> <li>Experience collaborating with Product Owners and Product Managers to develop and refine backlogs, and User Stories.</li> <li>Strong facilitation skills and client-facing presence, both in-person and remote.</li> <li>Experience supporting cross-domain planning in a customer-facing environment</li> <li>Experience using remote facilitation tools to coordinate planning and workshops</li> <li>You should hold at least one of the following agile fundamentals certifications: <ul> <li>ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)</li> <li>Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)</li> <li>PMI Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus points if you have:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience setting up and configuring ALM tools (e.g. Atlassian Jira, Azure DevOps, etc)</li> <li>Active SAFe certifications</li> <li>ICAgile coaching certifications</li> <li>Kanban University certification</li> </ul> <p><strong>Eligibility Requirements: </strong></p> <p>US Citizenship required</p> <p><strong>Security Clearance:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An active TS/SCI clearance is required</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p> </p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8">As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of <strong>California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia</strong></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="au