Scrum Master

Accenture Federal Services • Washington, DC

3d • $81,000 - $154,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Scrum Master will provide Lean-Agile leadership, apply Agile principles and practices, and promote Agile quality practices so the team can meet its goals. The role includes identifying and mitigating impediments, facilitating team meetings, guiding work estimates, and keeping the team focused on daily and sprint goals, results, quality, flow, and velocity. The Scrum Master will also identify functional requirements and create user stories, test developed stories and ensure application quality, solve problems and provide technical support to application end users, develop and maintain documentation and training materials, and assist with data mapping.

This position requires an active TS clearance and reporting to the client site in downtown Washington, DC five times a week. The stated base pay range for listed locations is $81,000–$154,700 USD. Accenture Federal Services notes that compensation varies based on factors including location, role, skill set, and experience.

Requirements

• Active TS clearance.
• Ability to report to the client site in downtown DC five times a week.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Five years of work experience, including internships.
• Clear written communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with the Agile framework and working on a Kanban or Scrum team.

Nice To Haves

• Experience creating and monitoring tasks in JIRA.
• Application/software requirements experience.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit Lean-Agile leadership, adopt and apply Agile principles, and implement Agile practices.
• Promote Agile quality practices so the team can meet its goals.
• Identify impediments and work to mitigate them.
• Facilitate team meetings, including Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Planning, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Guide the team in estimating its work.
• Keep the team focused on daily and sprint goals, including results, quality, flow, and velocity.
• Identify functional requirements and create user stories.
• Test developed stories and ensure application quality.
• Solve problems and provide technical support to application end users.
• Develop and maintain documentation and training materials.
• Assist with data mapping.

Benefits

• Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
• Hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level