CACI International

Agile Specialist

CACI International$103K — $218K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS in a related field with 15 years experience in Agile roles; experience may substitute for degree
  • 8+ years facilitating Agile delivery using various frameworks
  • 8+ years coaching on Agile principles and cultural change
  • Strong knowledge of iterative practices for technology and AI/ML
  • Experience in portfolio-level agile delivery coordination
  • Excellent facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Ability to create agile frameworks, playbooks, and training materials

Responsibilities

  • Establish and facilitate agile frameworks for AI initiative management
  • Apply Agile practices to AI initiatives, managing planning and execution
  • Coordinate schedules and reporting across AI initiatives
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies and remove team impediments
  • Coach AI Team and stakeholders on Agile practices
  • Develop standardized Agile Delivery Playbooks
  • Create reusable templates and training materials for agile adoption
  • Engage cross-functionally to ensure agile practices support mission priorities
  • Establish Agile metrics and suggest process improvements
  • Support AI team collaboration patterns and rituals

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and wellness benefits
  • Financial and retirement support options
  • Family support programs
  • Continuing education opportunities
  • Paid time off and work-life balance initiatives
Full Job Description
Job Title: Agile Specialist

Job Category: Information Technology

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:

CACI seeks a Senior Agile Specialist for the United States Secret Service (USSS) contract supporting the Department of Homeland Security. This strategic, delivery-focused role offers a unique opportunity to drive national security outcomes by establishing agile execution frameworks within the USSS Office of the Chief Information Officer and supporting operationalization of the USSS AI Team.

As the Agile Specialist, you'll transform technology and AI initiative execution by supporting the AI-PMO through establishing repeatable agile frameworks for AI project management, facilitating iterative delivery practices, and ensuring AI projects progress efficiently through structured planning, sequencing, and execution. You'll coach AI Team members and cross-functional teams through adaptive planning, sprint execution, and continuous improvement while developing comprehensive project delivery playbooks enabling consistent, high-quality delivery aligned with CIO priorities. Working hands-on with AI Team members, technical experts, business stakeholders, and enterprise leadership, you'll facilitate AI initiative portfolio management, develop standardized agile templates and ceremonies, and build organizational agile maturity. This role requires deep delivery expertise combined with coaching ability and adaptive leadership to cultivate collaborative culture, iterative thinking, and continuous learning mindsets for a program of national importance.

Responsibilities: 

  • Support the AI Program Management Office (AI-PMO) by establishing and facilitating agile delivery frameworks for managing AI initiative planning, sequencing, execution, portfolio management, structured intake, prioritization, and alignment with CIO priorities and enterprise governance

  • Apply Agile practices to AI initiatives, facilitating iterative planning, backlog management, sprint execution, prioritization, and continuous feedback loops tailored to AI development lifecycles; establish team structures enabling progression from use-case identification through deployment and adoption

  • Support AI-PMO coordination of schedules, risks, dependencies, and reporting across AI initiatives through agile tracking mechanisms and transparency tools

  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement) and remove impediments blocking AI Team and cross-functional team progress

  • Provide Agile coaching and mentoring to AI Team members, technical experts, stakeholders, and leadership on agile principles, practices, and AI-specific delivery considerations; build organizational Agile maturity through capability assessments and support for transition from waterfall to iterative delivery

  • Lead development of Agile Delivery Playbooks providing standardized, repeatable guidance for executing technology and AI initiatives using Agile methodologies tailored to USSS mission needs, AI development requirements, and federal compliance

  • Develop reusable templates, tools, and guidance (sprint planning templates, user story formats, definition of done criteria, velocity tracking, retrospective formats, AI experiment tracking); develop and deliver Playbook Training Materials to OCIO personnel, AI Team members, and project teams

  • Facilitate cross-functional engagement with Cyber, Infrastructure, Mission Delivery, Business Support, and field stakeholders to ensure agile delivery practices support mission priorities

  • Establish and track Agile metrics (velocity, burn-down/burn-up, cycle time, team health, sprint goal achievement); facilitate retrospectives and implement process improvements; support development of Monthly Program Status Reports with agile delivery metrics and team velocity analytics

  • Support AI Team operationalization by establishing team norms, working agreements, collaboration patterns, and agile rituals enabling effective AI delivery

Qualifications:

Required:

  • BA/BS + 15 years of experience in Agile delivery, Scrum Master, or Agile coaching roles.  Will consider experience in lieu of degree

  • 8 or more years of demonstrated expertise facilitating Agile delivery using Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other Agile frameworks 

  • 8 or more years of experience Proven experience coaching teams and organizations on Agile principles, practices, and cultural transformation 

  • Strong understanding of iterative delivery practices for technology and AI/ML initiatives including experiment-driven development

  • Experience supporting program or portfolio-level agile delivery coordination and reporting

  • Excellent facilitation, coaching, conflict resolution, and stakeholder engagement skills 

  • Proven ability developing frameworks, playbooks, templates, and training materials for agile adoption

  • Willing and able to work a hybrid schedule with 2-3 days onsite

  • Willing and able to obtain a Public Trust clearance

Desired:

  • Professional certifications (CSM, CSP, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Program Consultant, ICAgile, PMI-ACP)

  • Experience supporting federal government Agile transformations, DHS initiatives, law enforcement, national security, or mission-critical government environments

  • Familiarity with DevSecOps, MLOps, AI/ML development lifecycles, model development workflows, and experiment tracking

  • Experience with Agile project management tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally, VersionOne) and federal frameworks (PMBoK, FITARA, TechStat, Agile BPA)

  • Experience standing up agile teams, AI teams, centers of excellence, or facilitating Agile at Scale implementations (SAFe, LeSS, Disciplined Agile)

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Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$103,800 - $218,100

About CACI International

CACI International Inc is a multinational professional services and information technology company. It provides services to many branches of the federal government including defense, homeland security, intelligence, and healthcare. CACI has approximately 23,000 employees worldwide. The company's mission is to provide enterprise and mission technology services and solutions that best fit the needs of its customers. CACI has been named a Fortune World's Most Admired Company, a Washington Post Top Workplace, and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.
Learn more about CACI International
Size
22,000 employees
Market Cap
$7.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$374.4 million
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+7.3%
Revenue
$5.8 billion
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