Agile Practitioner / Coach

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact, technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, in both the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best! We offer opportunity, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA: Objective. Responsive. Trusted.

The Sea, Land, Air Analysis Group's mission is to deliver objective analyses, plans and strategies to US Navy, US Marine Corps, USAF, other DoD, and Australian Defence Force clients to support technology development, acquisition, delivery and sustainment decisions. The group provides the core of SPA thought leadership on Undersea Strategy, Software Development and Cost Estimating, with additional benchmark capabilities in AI/ML & Decision Analytics, Modeling and Simulation, and Future Force Assessments.

SPA has a need for an Agile Practitioner/Coach, who will serve as the primary champion and coach for LeanAgile and SAFealigned practices across government and contractor teams. This role will train and mentor leaders and teams, shape portfolio and ARTlevel ceremonies, and tailor agile methods to the mission planning and integration context. The Agile Practitioner/Coach will be responsible for guiding the shift from waterfallcentric development to modern, metricsdriven, iterative delivery integrated with the DevSecOps platform.#FC #DICE

The Agile Practitioner/Coach leads and sustains LeanAgile and SAFealigned practices across government and contractor teams. They train and coach leaders and teams in agile methods, help run portfolio, solution, and ARTlevel ceremonies, and tailor agile practices to mission planning and integration work. The coach guides the transition from traditional waterfallcentric development to iterative, incremental, and cloudoriented approaches, integrating agile practices with the DevSecOps platform and program controls. They champion metricsdriven continuous improvement, ensuring that agile execution aligns with contractual requirements, technical outcomes, and the Mission Planning Enterprise "software factory" way of working.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field and at least one advanced Agile certification (e.g., SAFe SPC, RTE, or equivalent professionallevel coaching certification)
• 7+ years of experience with Agile/Scrum/SAFe on large multiteam programs, including at least 3 years as an Agile Coach, RTE, or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience guiding government or highly regulated organizations through transitions from waterfall to Agile, aligning increments with contractual deliverables
• Strong familiarity with modern software practices (CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps) and how they are applied to missioncritical or safetycritical systems
• Proven ability to facilitate crossorganizational ceremonies (e.g., PI planning, system demos, retrospectives, backlog refinement) and coach leadership on agile governance
• Active Secret clearance and the ability to maintain it throughout employment

Desired Qualifications

• Master's degree in relevant field plus experience in mission planning or comparable weaponsystem environments, including coordinating agile teams delivering frameworks, components, and integration tools
• Familiarity with "software factory" constructs, including earlylook reviews, shared code/design interfaces, and enterprise collaboration on common repositories and pipelines
• Experience using metrics and TPMs as agile leading indicators, blending flow metrics with technical performance metrics to drive decision making
• Background integrating agile plans with enterprise IMS management and risk registers, including explicit mapping to program risk and opportunity management processes
• Prior work with AFLCMC or another Service PEO in standing up or maturing largescale Agile/DevSecOps delivery environments