Scrum Master

Accenture Federal Services•Chantilly, VA

16d

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to help the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer, and improve the lives of its citizens. Our team of over 13,000 professionals is dedicated to leveraging technology and innovation for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within the global Accenture network. We are recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, offering a supportive community where you can grow, learn, and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. Contribute to positive, lasting change that advances missions and the government forward.

Requirements

4+ years of experience with Agile lifecycle and coordination of Scrums and other processes.
4+ years of experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
4+ years of experience with use of tools used in agile / scrum programs, such as Jira and Confluence.
4+ years of experience with Development and maintenance of documentation, artifacts, and reports on sprints, epics, and milestones.
Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

Leads daily scrums and holds team members accountable for work, capturing updates in JIRA and Confluence to reflect progress and dependencies.
Assists program leadership in the successful and timely delivery of all deliverables by monitoring and managing the Backlog or work.
Proactively groom the backlog to simplify planning efforts.
Lead TEMs to help the team break down work.
Works with all team members in timely delivery of all CDRLs.
Educates team on agile methodology (to include pointing) and supports client leadership during Agile processes, providing outbriefs of progress as well as plans.
Responsible to the entire team for managing the list of roadblocks and impediments (if any), attempting to find resolutions for them working with leadership.
Translate requirements into epics, features, and user stories.
Provide scrum reports, capacity, velocity, and lead Program Increment Planning activities.
Work with client PMO to establish milestones and MVIs to ensure goals from leadership align with contract work/deliverables.
Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems.
Support user acceptance testing.
Help to automate and streamline activities and user stories in JIRA to create efficiencies and process improvement.