Scrum Master

Description

The company needs an experienced Agile Scrum Master with solid Agile and SAFe delivery skills to coach several agile teams.

You will build working relationships with stakeholders, including the customer's Product Owners, using clear spoken and written communication.

You will work alongside the release train engineer and other ART members to make sure planning, building, testing and deploying solutions succeed in an Agile setting.

The company supports national safety missions and works on critical government programs.

Responsibilities

• Coach and lead an agile team operating within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Run team breakout sessions during PI Planning to plan work and set PI objectives.
• Guide planning and delivery across each Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives and demos.
• Refine the backlog with product owners and business analysts.
• Find and clear impediments, escalating to the wider organization when needed, and coordinate work across teams.
• Track metrics that show how the team performs and where it can improve.
• Run capacity planning so teams can schedule iterations and increments.
• Work with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and keep teams consistent.
• Serve as the link between architects, cyber security SMEs and other stakeholders, improving communication across engineering disciplines.
• Manage product releases and the dependencies between your teams, other Scrum teams and third parties.
• Help shape product roadmaps.
• Push the team to keep improving and reach high performance.
• Create new processes and improve existing ones to raise quality and productivity.
• Build the team's presence in Agile communities of practice and contribute to the organization's Agile Community.
• Make sure Epics and Features are staffed appropriately.
• Schedule and assign work, advise and guide, and resolve problems to hit technical and business goals.
• Keep product quality high and delivery on time.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent, plus seven years of related experience.
• Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master, with significant experience coaching Scrum teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• At least three (3) years leading teams with Agile Scrum or a Scaled Agile approach.
• Understanding of every part of software development, including planning, development, requirements management, configuration management, quality assurance and release management.
• Responsible and team-oriented, with strong communication, a strong work ethic and the ability to work independently.
• U.S. citizen able to pass an IT-1 background investigation.
• Desired: SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner or another Scaled Agile certification.
• Desired: experience with continuous deployment models.
• Desired: ability to apply advanced principles, theories and concepts, and to help develop new ideas.

Conditions

Full-time, regular position.

Up to 10% local travel.

Salary range is $75,200-$158,100, and the final figure depends on location, Federal Government contract labor categories and wage rates, prior experience, specific skills, education and certifications.

Equal opportunity applies to all candidates.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with a flexible time off benefit.
• Comprehensive benefits covering healthcare, wellness, financial support, retirement, family support, continuing education and time off.
• Access to learning resources for career development.