Scrum Master
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
- 4+ years of experience as a Scrum Master serving Agile teams
- Experience with Agile software project management tools, including JIRA
- Experience facilitating daily stand-up calls, backlog refinement, sprint planning, retrospectives, road mapping and requirements sessions
- Ability to work independently or with minimal direction
- Secret clearance
- HS diploma or GED
- Certified SAFe Practitioner, SAFe Agilist Certification, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
Nice To Haves
- Experience collaborating with multiple teams for enterprise organizations
- Knowledge of budget tracking and management
- Knowledge of project and program management practices
- Ability to coach a team to better outcomes using process improvement
- DoD 8140 compliant 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
Benefits
- health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
- paid leave
- professional development
- tuition assistance
- work-life programs
- dependent care
- recognition awards program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
