Scrum Master

CACI

About The Position

CACI is looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master with strong Agile delivery skills. The candidate will be part of an Oracle EBS R12 Department of Defense (DoD) multi-customer solution and will interface with client personnel and use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with stakeholders including customer Product Owners. The candidate will work closely with architects, release train engineer, functional resources, infrastructure resources, and configuration change management resources to ensure analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment of solutions are performed in an Agile environment.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain an IT-II background investigation.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Seven (7)+ years of related experience
Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master with significant experience coaching Scrum teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile approach
Understanding of all elements of software development including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter

Nice To Haves

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner, or any other Scaled Agile Certification
Prior Oracle EBS Federal Financial Management experience supporting DoD
Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite, information exchanges, data warehouse
Experience with test automation techniques and tools
Experience with building in software security (BSIMM, security touchpoints)
Experience with continuous deployment models
Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

Responsibilities

Serve as the authorized Agile Team liaison with project stakeholders including government personnel and customer agency representatives.
Responsible for facilitating delivery of customer-defined software development projects
Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework
Facilitate team breakouts to plan work and create PI objectives during PI Planning
Facilitate planning and execution of work during a Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
Facilitate backlog refinement by collaborating with the product owners and business analysts
Track and remove impediments to improve agile team’s efficiency and effectiveness; reaching out to the larger organizational network for impediment removal; ensuring cross-team coordination
Maintain relevant metrics to understand how well the team is doing and identify areas of improvement
Perform capacity planning to help teams plan iterations and increments
Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure consistency across teams
Liaison with architects, cyber security SMEs, and other stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines
Manage product releases and dependencies between teams and third parties or between assigned teams and other Scrum teams
Support development of product roadmaps
Coach the team to continuously improve and become a high performing team
Develop new processes and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity
Strengthen the presence of the team within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization’s Agile Community
Ensure appropriate staffing for assigned Epics and Features
Schedule and allocate work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and business objectives
Ensure product quality and timeliness of efforts.