Scrum Master

Booz Allen Hamilton•Chantilly, VA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Work with a development team as a Scrum Master to facilitate Agile best practices and mentor new team members on Agile processes. Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives. Support the management team in communicating with clients and stakeholders to manage expectations. Collect and write detailed user stories and work with the team and client to identify associated tasks and acceptance criteria. Analyze business processes and work with the project team to implement and improve processes. Maintain a product backlog, support QA and requirement validation, meet with various stakeholders to discuss needs, and provide suggestions during stakeholder interviews and requirements gathering. Provide documentation for new efforts, including level of effort analysis, plans or timelines, requirements documents, and other required documentation.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with gathering and documenting technical and business requirements
2+ years of experience as the Scrum Master of a development team
Experience with JIRA
Experience in leading client delivery engagements and working with senior-level client management
Experience with teaching Agile framework concepts to technical teams
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
Bachelor's degree

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the project management framework
Knowledge of agency or intelligence community and IT infrastructures
Possession of excellent problem-solving skills, to provide technical assistance to IT development teams
Possession of excellent interpersonal skills, to successfully interact with clients, engineers, and managers
Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
Master's degree
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification

Responsibilities

Facilitate Agile best practices
Mentor new team members on Agile processes
Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives
Support the management team in communicating with clients and stakeholders to manage expectations
Collect and write detailed user stories
Work with the team and client to identify associated tasks and acceptance criteria
Analyze business processes and work with the project team to implement and improve processes
Maintain a product backlog
Support QA and requirement validation
Meet with various stakeholders to discuss needs
Provide suggestions during stakeholder interviews and requirements gathering
Provide documentation for new efforts, including level of effort analysis, plans or timelines, requirements documents, and other required documentation