Agile Coach

We are seeking a highly experienced, Director-level Technical Coach to drive engineering excellence and productivity across our organization. In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor and mentor to both technical leadership and individual engineering pods. You will bridge the gap between high-level productivity methodologies and ground-level technical execution, serving as a catalyst for higher quality code, reduced technical debt, and accelerated delivery., * Guide development teams through the practical adoption and maturation of test management automation and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline tooling.

• Advise teams on strategic approaches to refactoring, reducing legacy technical debt, and implementing standards that produce higher-quality, resilient code.
• Align productivity methodologies with modern engineering practices like test-driven development and trunk-based development to enhance technical delivery.
• Transition between coaching individual teams on tactical engineering challenges and advising senior leadership on large-scale technical strategy.
• Design, develop, and deliver training programs, workshops, and playbooks to scale engineering best practices.
• Act as a change agent, building buy-in from engineering teams and overcoming resistance to new tools or methodologies.

• 10+ years of software development, engineering leadership, or technical architecture experience.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with DevOps concepts using GitHub, Jenkins, XL Release, and Ansible Tower.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with leading and executing test automation frameworks, including TDD and BDD.
• Proven track record in a Director-level, Principal, or Senior Coaching capacity within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Extensive experience implementing strategies to measure, manage, and pay down technical debt at scale.

Technical Skills:

• Deep, practical expertise with modern CI/CD pipeline tooling (e.g., Bitbucket, Jenkins, Celestial, Ansible, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with test automation tools such as nUnit/xUnit, Selenium, and SonarQube., * Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Deep technical credibility with a prior, extensive hands-on technical background.
• Ability to design a multi-year enterprise tooling strategy while also troubleshooting team-specific workflow bottlenecks.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details., "NC", "postalCode": "28201", "addressCountry": "US"}}, "employmentType": "FULL_TIME", "baseSalary": {"@type": "MonetaryAmount", "currency": "USD", "value": "Compensation information provided in the