Job Description
Our client is looking for a DHS Cleared Scrum Master to support a large federal program. This individual will be responsible for:
* Guides and coaches' teams on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers.
* Gets teams to a high-performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
* Ensures the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
* Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
* Works with teams, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision-making.
* Asks difficult questions, removes impediments, and makes issues and problems visible. Escalates, as necessary.
* Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
* Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
* Ensures cross-functional coordination (UX, analysts, developers, and testers) is occurring early and often.
* Uses Jira to provide visibility to status, metrics, predictability, throughput, quality, impediments, and dependencies.
* Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
* Manage, train, and mentor mid-level and entry-level BAs who work on different projects; assist with candidate evaluation for new BA hires.
* Assists the team to agree on what they can achieve during each development sprint (or another period)
* Facilitates the daily standup (sometimes called the daily scrum) and helps the team reach a consensus.
* Helps the team make progress on the project by ensuring each person is working on the right tasks, helping to remove any obstacles to the team member's progress, and protecting the team from distractions.
Required Skills & Experience
Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in related field
* 5+ years of experience in Agile development including coaching on agile methodologies
* Active DHS Public Trust clearance
* 1+ year of experience coaching a team and stakeholders on Agile practices and ensuring adherence to Agile methodology
* 1+ year of experience influencing and driving teams to success using Agile/SAFe/Scrum/Lean practices
* 1+ year of experience with tools such as Atlassian, JIRA, Confluence, and Mural
* US CITIZENSHIP Required
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.