Agile Coach - Secret

This role is central to enabling high-velocity, high-quality delivery within a SAFe Agile, DevSecOps, and AWS GovCloud IL4/5 environment. You will guide teams through Program Increment (PI) Planning, Iteration execution, Release coordination, and continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with DLA’s enterprise Agile governance., * Organize and facilitate all SAFe Agile and Scrum ceremonies, including Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.

• Coach and mentor teams on Agile values, principles, and practices to strengthen maturity, collaboration, and self-organization.
• Lead teams through Program Increment (PI) Planning, Iteration Planning, and Release coordination, ensuring accurate evaluation of scope, schedule, and dependencies.
• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and PMO to maintain well-groomed, prioritized, and transparent product backlogs.
• Coordinate with external teams to support DevOps activities including configuration management, deployment, and independent testing.
• Motivate teams to deliver high-quality working code and ensure collective ownership of analysis, development, testing, and documentation.
• Identify, communicate, and remove impediments, risks, and cross-team dependencies that impact Iteration or Release objectives.
• Ensure clear and consistent Definition of Done at the story, sprint, and release levels.
• Facilitate productive discussions, decision-making, and conflict resolution while shielding teams from external disruptions.
• Promote transparency through effective communication, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.
• Build a trusting, psychologically safe environment where issues can be raised early and addressed constructively.
• Drive continuous improvement through data-driven retrospectives, Agile metrics, and process optimization.

• Active Secret Clearance
• SAFe certifications (SPC, RTE, etc…)
• Experience managing multiple development projects from inception through production
• Experience leading Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, XP, and SAFe methodologies
• Experience managing cross-functional, self-organized teams in a matrixed environment
• Strong understanding of Agile principles including iterative development, continuous integration, TDD, unit testing, refactoring, pair programming, and Scrum ceremonies
• Experience gathering requirements, modeling use cases, writing user stories, and documenting business processes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!

Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant’s or an employee’s disability.

Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.