Empower, Innovate, Impact! At Team A-TEK, we EMPOWER people to drive INNOVATION that IMPACTS mission!
A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation by applying our deep domain expertise across the federal markets. Embracing our digital-first strategy, A-TEK provides enhanced capabilities in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our solutions are designed to modernize, automate, secure, protect, and enhance the operations of our federal clients, ensuring they stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
Our work is fueled by a passion to serve our clients’ needs and to protect the safety and welfare of Americans. That passion shapes how we nurture our most valuable asset – Our Employees. A-TEK actively cultivates the talent that drives our success and fosters a creative, challenging, and mission-driven work environment for current and future employees.
About A-TEK
A-TEK operates at the intersection of mission and innovation, delivering tailored solutions that enable federal agencies to stay ahead in a complex digital landscape. Through a digital-first strategy, A-TEK enhances mission capabilities by leveraging deep domain expertise in application development, digital transformation, enterprise IT, and scientific services. Our modern, secure, and automated approaches are designed to support federal operations with agility and resilience.
Position Summary
A-TEK is seeking a dynamic Agile Lead to champion the adoption of agile principles and guide a high-performing federal health IT team. This individual will play a critical role in ensuring smooth project execution, empowering cross-functional teams, and enabling transformative digital service delivery. The Agile Lead will work in close partnership with the project manager, development team, researchers, scientists, and administrative staff focused on the mission of safeguarding and improving the nation’s health.
This position is based in Bethesda, MD
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as a champion of agile methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement across multiple project teams.
- Lead coaching and mentoring efforts, using workshops and hands-on guidance to deepen agile capabilities.
- Drive governance and delivery excellence, including performance metrics and knowledge-sharing frameworks.
- Facilitate executive-level agile coaching, including the strategic integration of generative AI (GenAI) into digital workflows.
- Collaborate across cross-functional teams to integrate agile delivery with DevSecOps pipelines and cloud-native environments (AWS/Azure).
- Ensure compliance with federal standards including Section 508, FISMA, HIPAA, and HITECH for all digital services.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in agile delivery, coaching, and digital governance across complex, multi-team environments.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience implementing GenAI, AI, NLP, and LLM technologies in production environments.
- Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or equivalent certification earned within the last 5 years.
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Consultant (SPC) certification or similar enterprise-level agile credential.
- Proficient in using Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence) for agile lifecycle and project tracking.
- Strong understanding of regulatory compliance and federal IT standards applicable to digital health services.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience leading Agile transformations in federal health IT programs, such as NIH, FDA, HHS, or VA.
- Expertise in deploying agile strategies at scale in mission-critical, science-driven environments.
The salary range for this position is $145,000 -$185,000 commensurate with experience.
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A-TEK, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected Veteran status. Verification of education may be requested before or during the hiring process.
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What We Do
A-TEK, and our wholly-owned subsidiary, Mackson Consulting | an A-TEK Company, are woman-owned small businesses with more than a 23-year history providing science and technology innovation. As a trusted services and solutions provider, we are a proud partner to U.S. Federal Civilian, Federal Health, and Homeland Security customers.
A-TEK, and its subsidiary, Mackson Consulting, provides high-end IT services and solutions, coupled with a scientific staffing capability that supports health and national security missions. Our customers include U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Health and Human Services (National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)), Department of Commerce (DoC), Department of Justice(DoJ), Veteran Affairs (VA), and the Library of Congress (Library).
A-TEK maintains its competitiveness by applying domain expertise across the federal markets. We provide enhanced capabilities in application development, enterprise IT, and scientific services that optimize, modernize, secure, protect, improve, and comply with customers’ needs.
A-TEK's program engagement model employs methodologies and strategies based on PMBOK and our ISO 9001:2015 certified quality assurance processes to successfully meet schedule, budget and performance objectives.
A-TEK, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or Vietnam era or other protected Veteran status.
Contract Vehicles:
NIH CIO-SP3 IT Services - HHSN316201200006W
GSA Schedule 70 - Information Technology Products and Services: GS-35F-0680K
GSA Schedule 6211 - VA Affairs-Professional & Allied Healthcare Staffing: V77P-7135
GSA Schedule 874 MOBIS - GS-10F-0099Y
