Principal Agile Lead

• 7+ years in IT consulting, with significant agile project/program management experience in the federal government space.
• All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government. This requires candidates to either be U.S. citizens or pass clearance through the Foreign National Government System which will require that candidates have lived within the United States for at least 3 out of the previous 5 years, have a valid and non-expired passport from their country of birth and appropriate VISA/work permit documentation
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Demonstrated ability to lead SAFe Agile Release Train delivery or comparable multi-team agile delivery in a complex technology, data, analytics, or cloud platform environment.
• Experience planning and facilitating PI Planning, sprint cadences, cross-team synchronization, dependency management, risk tracking, demos, retrospectives, and continuous feedback loops.
• Experience using agile work management and documentation tools to maintain transparent backlogs, risks, metrics, decisions, and delivery status for Government or enterprise stakeholders.
• Ability to work across product, engineering, architecture, data, security, operations, user experience, and support teams to keep delivery aligned to outcomes rather than ticket volume alone.
• Knowledge of delivery metrics and agile reporting practices that support leadership visibility, quality inputs, program increment tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to support documentation, definition-of-done, testing cadence, release readiness, and operational readiness practices across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to comply with customer-specific security, privacy, accessibility, quality, training, and data-handling requirements for assigned systems and data.

• Experience supporting federal, public sector, healthcare, or other regulated data, analytics, oversight, reporting, or public transparency programs.
• Experience with modern work management, documentation, source control, collaboration, PI Planning, dashboarding, and delivery metrics automation tools.
• Familiarity with cloud, DevSecOps, data platforms, business intelligence, AI/ML, data governance, metadata maturity, support operations, and user success delivery domains.
• Experience applying Human-Centered Design, U.S. Digital Services Playbook practices, accessibility-aware delivery, and product outcome measurement in agile programs.
• Hands-on experience building and optimizing data pipelines within the Databricks platform
• Preferred certifications may include AWS, Databricks, SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Program Consultant, SAFe Agilist, Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Professional, Kanban, or related agile credentials.

Working Environment : eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients.

Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager.

Occasional travel for training and project meetings.

It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.

eSimplicity offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement benefits, paid time off, paid holidays, life and disability insurance, and additional wellness and employee support programs.

Eligibility may vary based on employment status and applicable plan terms.

Reasonable Accommodation: eSimplicity is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process.

Applicants who need assistance or an accommodation should contact Human Resources.

Equal Employment Opportunity: eSimplicity is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.