Agile Coach in Detroit, Michigan

Role: Agile Coach Duration: 12 months contract Location: Detroit, Michigan Interview: Phone and Onsite ( NO SKYPE ) Rate: DOE This is a very high level consultant. 15+ years of experience. Will be leading and coaching  - AGILE/LEAN/KANBAN/SCRUM Role Overview: A Technique Coach will be a seasoned software developer with a breadth of experience in multiple languages, software delivery disciplines and full systems Agile coaching. A personal...

Role: Agile Coach
Duration: 12 months contract
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Interview: Phone and Onsite ( NO SKYPE )
Rate: DOE

This is a very high level consultant. 15+ years of experience. Will be leading and coaching  - AGILE/LEAN/KANBAN/SCRUM

Role Overview:

A Technique Coach will be a seasoned software developer with a breadth of experience in multiple languages, software delivery disciplines and full systems Agile coaching. A personal emphasis on continued development of skills, as well as a familiarity with leading both from a technical and interpersonal perspective is needed, along with a passion for strong, test driven development coupled with a flexible and open view on new technical possibilities.

Rationale for the role:

The Technique Coach will provide necessary continuity concerning best practices, both technical and process around Agile implementation.  They will enable teams to utilize the technical best practices supported by the Transformation office within an Agile ecosystem while also being aware of the overall enterprise direction for transformation.

Recruiting Candidate Characteristics:

An effective Technique Coach would be someone who possesses a high level of originality with a focus on are creativity, learning, change response, detail orientation and decisiveness. You are looking for someone who is the source of new ideas, an advocate for new technology, improved processes and organizational growth.  They need to be willing to promote change, if it is beneficial to the goals of the team and organization.  Additionally, this role straddles technical leadership and team development and needs someone with self-responsibility and focus, however they need to be balanced and not obsessive.  The alternative focus needs to be on their goal orientation, follow-through and self-assurance. They need to be bold, confident in their point of view and focused on the outcomes that the team committed to.

When hiring a Technique Coach, you need to look for someone who is fairly extraverted.  Its challenging because technically oriented individuals tend to be more introverted, however, the Technique Coach needs to be able to get along well with team members as well as higher level members of the transformation team.  They have to possess a high level of tact and influence so they are able to communicate in a style that will be received by a range of employee levels within the transformation teams.  It’s imperative they perform well in stressful situations without becoming overwhelmed or anxious and have an agreeable nature.  They should have courage of conviction without being antagonistic. 

Job Description:

SENIOR LEVEL EXPERIENCE

·         Multi-faceted career with deep delivery, consulting and coaching experience.

·         Experienced developer; has delivered software solutions as a senior-level architect/developer; deep knowledge of industry standards and practices.

·         Demonstrated ability to understand client business domains.

·         Knowledgeable of new/emerging practices and coaching techniques.

CULTURAL FIT

·         Servant leader with a Lean/Agile, perspective.

·         Pragmatic approach, able to adapt approach to fit business context and constraints.

·         Ability to operate autonomously to delivery outcomes as well as to work collaboratively on a team.

·         Operates with Integrity.

·         Critical thinker.

·         Creative and innovative

·         Continuous career learner. Current on state of art and trending approaches and technologies. Able to identify useful new approaches and technologies as they emerge.

COACHING AND MENTORING

·         Positive focus with a diplomatic, and constructive demeanor.

·         Strong technical leader with a collaborative mindset.

·         Excellent interpersonal communications skills.

·         Understands the value of diverse teams with differing levels of competency and the need to mentor and level up all team members. Comfortable mentoring team members at all levels of competence and experience.

CORE COMPETENCIES

SENIOR LEVEL SOFTWARE ARCHITECT / DEVELOPER

·         System, solution architecture and design skills.

·         Design and deliver solutions utilizing object-oriented design patterns.

·         Polyglot developer; full stack experience.

·         Able to drive and maintain code quality.

·         Test-first, test-driven approach.

·         Refactoring.

·         Pair programming and cross-disciplinary pairing.

·         Build and test automation

·         Legacy code remediation

SYSTEMS, DEVOPS

·         Continuous integration

·         Virtualization, cloud, and infrastructure as code

·         Development pipeline and continuous delivery

·         Competitive candidates will have experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundation (PCF)

LEAN/AGILE PRACTITIONER

·         Works effectively with Kanban and Scrum approaches, and coaches and mentors teams to improve their lean/agile approach. This includes concepts and activities such as improving flow, limiting work in progress, backlog definition and refinement (e.g story breakdown), and fast delivery of value.

Responsibilities

·         Collaborate with Expedition Lead and Transformation coach to understand the Expedition roadmap and necessary outcomes.

·         Develop and deliver coaching plan to get Expedition teams to their targeted outcomes.

·         Effectively detect, communicate, and escalate organizational, technological, and other impediments.

·         Teach and mentor Expedition team members on Lean/Agile approaches for flowing work.

·         Teach and mentor Expedition team members on XP engineering practices, including TDD, CI and pairing. Facilitate code reviews, provide leadership perspective on design and code quality.

·         Accountable to delivery and performance for assigned product team

·         Coach Expeditions within the system of delivery to implement DevOps practices and technologies, including delivery pipeline design and development, cloud technologies and infrastructure as code, and continuous delivery.





Thanks & Regards,

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