Agile Coach/Devops Expert

Overview

On Site
Hybrid
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent

Skills

Customer Facing
Coaching
Facilitation
Apache Velocity
Writing
Estimating
Sprint
Scrum
Kanban
Mentorship
Agile
Leadership
Automated Testing
Git
Terraform
Software Engineering
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
GitLab
GitHub
Jenkins
CircleCI
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Platform
Communication
SAFE
Microsoft Excel
Agile Coaching
DevOps
FOCUS
Professional Services
Genetics
Law
Privacy
Artificial Intelligence

Job Details

Title: Agile Coach / DevOps Expert
Location: Remote (U.S.-based talent strongly preferred)
Type: Contract - Full-Time (40 hrs/week)
Start: Mid-January
Duration: 8-12 weeks (with possible extension)
Travel: ~50%
Communication: Excellent client-facing communication and coaching skills required

Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Agile Coach who is also a hands-on DevOps expert to partner with Software Engineering teams and elevate both their Agile delivery practices and CI/CD maturity. This role blends team coaching, ceremony facilitation, and DevOps engineering leadership to strengthen delivery velocity, automation, and overall engineering culture.

This is a highly visible position ideal for candidates who have served as both a senior Agile practitioner and a DevOps engineer/architect with real-world CI/CD automation experience.

Key Responsibilities

Agile Coaching & Delivery Leadership

  • Coach multiple software engineering teams on Agile best practices

  • Facilitate ceremonies: standups, retrospectives, sprint planning, demos, backlog refinement

  • Improve team discipline around story writing, estimation, flow, and sprint execution

  • Drive consistent adoption of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, hybrid)

  • Mentor engineers, product owners, and delivery leads on Agile mindset and outcomes

DevOps & Automation Leadership

  • Serve as a DevOps champion for engineering teams

  • Assess and improve existing CI/CD pipelines across multiple applications

  • Guide teams in adopting DevOps best practices: trunk-based development, automated testing, deployment automation, infra-as-code, monitoring, etc.

  • Provide hands-on support building or optimizing:

    • Git branching strategies

    • Automated build/test/deploy pipelines

    • Infrastructure automation (Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, etc.)

  • Coach engineers on DevOps culture: speed, quality, automation-first thinking

Required Experience

  • 5-10+ years of Agile coaching across software engineering teams

  • Strong background as a DevOps engineer or DevOps architect

  • Expertise with modern CI/CD platforms (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI, etc.)

  • Experience with one or more major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)

  • Proven ability to coach teams, run ceremonies, and improve engineering delivery practices

  • Exceptional communication skills (written, verbal, and stakeholder-facing)

  • Ability to travel up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications

  • Local U.S. candidates strongly preferred

  • Experience in fast-moving transformation environments

  • Experience working with engineering teams of varying skill levels

  • Relevant certifications: CSM, SAFe, DevOps certifications, engineering credentials

What Makes This Role Unique

This is not a standard Agile Coach role and not a standard DevOps Engineer role.
It is a hybrid transformation position requiring someone who can excel in both Agile coaching and hands-on DevOps engineering driving cultural, procedural, and technical improvements across teams.

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

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