Scrum Master

Arcfield•Dahlgren, VA

About The Position

Work under general supervision, providing solutions to technical problems of moderate scope/complexity. Works on technology-based projects using Agile methodologies in collaboration with other systems divisions. Collaborate with developers and customers on a daily basis during agile projects. Provide business and systems analysis support for projects collaborating with customers and developers to identify, define, interpret, and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes. In agile projects, facilitate and drive requirements clarification via standard techniques such as lean driven task/workflow analysis to identify epics and breakdown epics into stories with acceptance test criteria to be used to drive iterations. Assure all documented requirements and acceptance test criteria are transparent to the whole team. Experience with agile projects during “swarming", be open to taking on new tasks to bring the team back on track. Elicit and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis. Conducts systems analysis to determine data needs and technical recommendations. Leads the application testing process to verify business and systems requirements are met through development of acceptance test criteria and validating those criteria in the system. Hands on leading/facilitating the execution of all test cases and sharing of the test results and trends. Owns the creation and management of project artifacts for the client’s Systems Development Methodology, Agile Methodology and/or other team deliverables.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with 2 - 4 years of experience, or a Master's with 0-2 years of experience or high school degree with 8-10 years of experience.
Must possess and maintain Secret clearance.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
Writing/eliciting Epics and decomposing them into User Stories sized appropriately for the iteration. Recognizing and using common repeatable patterns to estimate epics and/or stories.
Creating acceptance test criteria and managing the end-to-end testing process.

Nice To Haves

Experience writing automated test scripts a plus.

Responsibilities

Experience with frequent use and application of technical standards, principles and theories
Work under general supervision, providing solutions to technical problems of moderate scope/complexity.
Works on technology-based projects using Agile methodologies in collaboration with other systems divisions.
Collaborate with developers and customers on a daily basis during agile projects.
Provide business and systems analysis support for projects collaborating with customers and developers to identify, define, interpret, and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes.
In agile projects, facilitate and drive requirements clarification via standard techniques such as lean driven task/workflow analysis to identify epics and breakdown epics into stories with acceptance test criteria to be used to drive iterations.
Assure all documented requirements and acceptance test criteria are transparent to the whole team.
Experience with agile projects during “swarming", be open to taking on new tasks to bring the team back on track.
Elicit and document requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis.
Conducts systems analysis to determine data needs and technical recommendations.
Leads the application testing process to verify business and systems requirements are met through development of acceptance test criteria and validating those criteria in the system.
Hands on leading/facilitating the execution of all test cases and sharing of the test results and trends.
Owns the creation and management of project artifacts for the client’s Systems Development Methodology, Agile Methodology and/or other team deliverables.