Job Title:
Agile Delivery Specialist
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Job Description:
We are seeking a highly motivated Agile Delivery Specialist to support cross-functional teams in delivering secure, high-quality, and high-impact solutions. You will coach teams and stakeholders in Agile principles and best practices, promoting continuous improvement.
As an Agile Delivery Specialist, you will develop existing and future business analysts, guide and support teams to become self-organizing and cross-functional, identify and address blockers and dependencies across teams, and collaborate closely with operational managers to ensure backlogs are refined, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives.
Additionally, you will monitor and report on team performance, using data-driven insights to drive improvement. Enhancing the use of Azure DevOps across the operation is also key to your success, ensuring more efficient ways of working are established.
The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following skills and experience: Essential: Prior experience working with cybersecurity teams or in a highly secure/regulated sector Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps or similar Excellent facilitation communication and conflict resolution skills
Desirable: Experience in use of Service Now would be beneficial not necessary Background or understanding of cybersecurity principles frameworks and tools Experience in Dev Sec Ops or integrating security into Agile CI-CD workflows Exposure to threat management incident response processes or vulnerability lifecycle management
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Key Responsibilities:
1. Coach teams and stakeholders in Agile principles and best practices, promoting continuous improvement
2. Develop existing and future business analysts
3. Guide and support teams to become self-organizing and cross-functional
4. Identify and address blockers and dependencies across teams
5. Collaborate closely with operational managers to ensure backlogs are refined, prioritized, and aligned with business objectives
6. Monitor and report on team performance, using data-driven insights to drive improvement
7. Enhance the use of Azure DevOps across the operation, ensuring more efficient ways of working are established
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Benefits:
As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve.
Join a workplace with a greater purpose. We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies. Build your career with us and talk to us about your flexible working requirements.
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About Us:
Northern Trust is a globally recognized financial institution with over 130 years of experience. We serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.