Agile Coach for Traditional Design Practices / Testing

TEKsystems

(Hanover, Maryland)

Full Time Temp-to-Hire

Job Posting Details

About TEKsystems

TEKsystems is a subsidiary of Allegis Group, the largest private talent management firm in the world. Our longstanding history and industry-leading position speak to our success in providing the IT staffing solutions, IT services and talent management insight required for you to actualize ROI and sustain a truly competitive advantage in a fast-changing market.

Responsibilities

We are looking to hire a self-motivated & passionate Agile Technical Coach to work with application development teams and Technology Directors in providing coaching and training on the following:

Test driven development (Acceptance, unit, and legacy code)
Professional software development behavior (pair programming, Test Automation, Automated Functional Testing)
XP Practices and Behaviors - Offer training and customized hands-on demos and workshops on Pair/Mob programming, TDD, ATDD, collective code ownership
Legacy Code Refactoring - Coach teams to safely refactor code.
Agile Architecture Documentation workshops - Coach and teach how to retrospectively document the existing system and its architecture

Ideal Candidate

**Qualifications:**

*  8+ years of software development experience including, but not limited to, mature design, coding, testing and debugging skills
*  6+ years of proven experience with designing and developing application using platforms such as Java EE or .NET platform
*  Profound insight of Modern OO development languages such as Java and JEE or .NET internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc.)
* Excellent knowledge of Relational and non-relational Databases
*  Experience in the Spring Framework
*  Experience with GIT/Stash, SVN and build tools Hudson/Jenkins
*  Experience in scripting
*  Hands-on experience practicing UTDD (unit test-driven development) and ATDD (acceptance test-driven development) behaviors, utilizing tools like Fitness or Cucumber, Selenium and jUnit
* Expert understanding of object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns

**Ability to:**

*  Think creatively and solving problems simply, not always through technology
*  Work with people of different skill sets in a cross-functional team, across locations
*  Be a self-starter, driven and able to take initiative and work with minimal supervision
*  Build real and lasting relationships with your team and extended partners
*  Share knowledge and learning from others

**Knowledge of Agile Development:**

*  Using Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean or a related agile discipline/practice
*  Focus on working with end users to deliver business value early
*  Iterative and incremental delivery
*  Automated unit, integration, and acceptance testing
*  Continuous integration and continuous build

**Expected soft skills:**

* A personal enthusiasm for technology and a drive to implement innovative and novel solutions to business problems
*  Self-motivation and tenacity to push new ideas and changes through
*  Good written and verbal communication skills in both technical and business domains
*  Experience in a management/lead capacity
*  Sharing knowledge and learning from others
*  Adapting to change and working through ambiguity
*  Strong facilitation and coaching skills

Qualifications:

8+ years of software development experience including, but not limited to, mature design, coding, testing and debugging skills
6+ years of proven experience with designing and developing application using platforms such as Java EE or .NET platform
Profound insight of Modern OO development languages such as Java and JEE or .NET internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Transaction management, etc.)
Excellent knowledge of Relational and non-relational Databases
Experience in the Spring Framework
Experience with GIT/Stash, SVN and build tools Hudson/Jenkins
Experience in scripting
Hands-on experience practicing UTDD (unit test-driven development) and ATDD (acceptance test-driven development) behaviors, utilizing tools like Fitness or Cucumber, Selenium and jUnit
Expert understanding of object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns

Ability to:

Think creatively and solving problems simply, not always through technology
Work with people of different skill sets in a cross-functional team, across locations
Be a self-starter, driven and able to take initiative and work with minimal supervision
Build real and lasting relationships with your team and extended partners
Share knowledge and learning from others

Knowledge of Agile Development:

Using Scrum, XP, Kanban, Lean or a related agile discipline/practice
Focus on working with end users to deliver business value early
Iterative and incremental delivery
Automated unit, integration, and acceptance testing
Continuous integration and continuous build

Expected soft skills:

A personal enthusiasm for technology and a drive to implement innovative and novel solutions to business problems
Self-motivation and tenacity to push new ideas and changes through
Good written and verbal communication skills in both technical and business domains
Experience in a management/lead capacity
Sharing knowledge and learning from others
Adapting to change and working through ambiguity
Strong facilitation and coaching skills