Agile Scrum Master
About The Position
Join Leidos’ Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization, delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting-edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nation’s most sensitive and critical missions. What to expect: Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures A collaborative, Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one Dev platform based on ServiceNow, Elastic, AWS and RedHat.
Requirements
- Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration).
- Ability to pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer.
- Ability to work on-site in the Washington, DC.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline with 8 – 12 years of relevant experience or Master’s with 6-10 years of experience. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Security+ certification or higher/equivalent.
- Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience working as a Scrum Master on a software development or other technical team.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP).
- Experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira).
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and time management skills are a must.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, across diverse systems and groups.
- Willing to assist and train junior Scrum Masters.
Nice To Haves
- Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
Responsibilities
- Responsible for facilitating self-organizing team(s) to ensure the team is making progress against Program Increment commitments.
- Protects the team from scope creep during execution of the PI.
- Removes impediments for the team and coordinates with the Release Train Engineer or Project Manager in implementing solutions.
- Helps team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate.
- Supports and enforces Scrum process and other rules.
- Ensures that the team has a clear understanding of Definition of Done and how to meet it.
- Coordinates with other teams on the Agile Release Train (ART) and communicates status to management.
- Works with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features.
- Leads and facilitates SAFe ceremonies to include backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review, demos, sprint retrospectives, and PI planning.
- Works with Product Owner(s) to develop User Stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria.
- Maintains and generates information radiators for the teams.
- Collects and shares team metrics with the team, determines when new metrics are needed, and develops improvements in metrics.
- Coaches’ teams on agile and scrum principles with a goal of continuous improvement.
- Observes team dynamics, recognizes strengths and weaknesses of individual team member's contributions, and coaches the team as a whole driving improvement in productivity.
- Creates a fun sharing and learning environment, experimenting with various ideas to improve delivery including pair-programming and cross-functional training.
- Promotes teamwork to achieve sprint goals.
- Leads teams towards agile maturity.
- Works with and mentors junior Scrum Masters to guide and coach them throughout each project.
Benefits
- Partial telework during initial development phases
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
