Scrum Master

Leidos • Beavercreek, OH

19d • $73,450 - $132,775 • Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a cleared Scrum Master to join their Non-Kinetic Effects Business Area within the Defense Sector. This role will support the Air Force Research Lab, Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, and other DoD missions. The company emphasizes making the world a safer place through innovative solutions and dedicated employees, focusing on achieving critical missions and contributing to the community. They are looking for individuals who are proactive and driven to make an impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline with 4+ years of relevant professional experience (An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree)
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI
• Certified Scrum Master required
• Experience working as a Scrum Master or Team Lead for a systems engineering, I.T. Support, or network engineering team

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline
• Working knowledge of application programming, database, system design and well as web-based and client/server architectures preferred
• Experience in Agile coaching and leading team transitions and implementations
• Certified Product Owner preferred.
• Experience working with large software systems and application testing.
• Experience working within an Agile environment or program.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary technical development team

Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor, and train team members in self-management, cross-skilling, transparency and living the Scrum Values of commitment, focus, openness, respect and courage.
• Guide teams through a maturity journey starting with the foundations outlined in the Scrum Guide, understand and experience why the framework works and ultimately how and when to change their own processes to suit their needs while still achieving the principles of the Agile Manifesto. Encourage best engineering practice like Definition of Done, Coding standards and compliance, automation, pair programming, as appropriate.
• Schedule and Lead Daily Standup meetings for multiple teams (including development teams and a Scrum of Scrums with various stakeholders), schedule, plan and lead Retrospectives for multiple teams, facilitate Sprint Planning (along with Product Owners) and Sprint Reviews.
• Partner with the Product Owner to be mindful of short-term and long-term goals and applying approaches to help focus on solving the right problems at the right time then building solutions with iterative, experimental, customer-centric and data-driven activities.
• Help team leaders and stakeholders understand and enact empirical approaches for complex work.
• Facilitate the team’s progress towards team’s goals: Continuously challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity. Help the team focus on daily and iteration goals.
• Build a high-performing team: Focusing on ever-improving team dynamics and performance.

Benefits

• Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level