Scrum Master

Leidos•Bethesda, MD

4h•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos has an exciting opening for you, as our next Scrum Master, to play a critical role with design, engineering, development and deployment of software supporting our client’s mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise (DIE). This position provides an opportunity to have impact as part of a mission focused, solutions oriented, and adaptive team that values innovation, collaboration, and professional development. You will play a key role with planning, development and testing of software focused on a new OSINT workflow and data management platform. As the Scrum Master, you will lead a multidisciplinary, Agile team engaged in building an industry-leading streaming data pipeline focused on analysis of IT and cybersecurity datasets and a workflow management tool. You will work together with systems engineers, development teams, release manager and PMO to conduct release and sprint planning using SAFe Agile methodology to accurately evaluate scope and schedule of work, identify release and sprint backlogs, lead daily scrum meetings and demos, and remove obstacles to enable the teams to deliver high-quality, working code. You will be the champion of your team, conducting regular data-driven retrospectives, and working actively to improve the process and drive team productivity. You will bring your team leadership experience to anticipate project and implementation issues, to proactively support areas that may become a concern, to manage technical debt, and to ensure successful delivery. You are curious: you ask why, you explore, you are familiar with the latest and greatest open-source tools, and are always fascinated by what’s possible and what could be better. You must be self-driven, and feel ownership over the project, team, and process. Most work will be conducted on-site at our client location in Bethesda, MD. Occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely. Fun stuff you will do on the job: Coach a disciplined, distributed, fast-moving Agile team and program through Agile/Scrum ceremonies Perform release and sprint planning Assess the Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to contribute to relentless improvement of the overall program Remove impediments and coach the team to remove impediments Build and maintain a high performing team by improving team dynamics and coaching the team to maximize self-organization Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Promote proper documentation of the work within the development and systems engineering teams Work across the stakeholders to ensure effective solutions are delivered Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiating information Support the systems engineer in managing the team backlog and foster a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, technical discipline preferred and 8+ years of experience as a Scrum Master or in a similar role of software development team(s) containing a visual front-end component. Additional years of experience in lieu of degree are acceptable.
Active TS/SCI level clearance with ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
Excellent communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution skills
Experience with SAFe methodology
Experience with task and ticket management tools such as Gitlab
Proven ability to balance concurrent activities
Strong knowledge and experience in software development in an Agile or SAFe environment
Ability to quickly build rapport and keep a positive and motivated team environment
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Experience with workflow management tools such as Appian
Familiarity with modern development approaches (serverless, containerization, cloud, continuous delivery, micro-services, event based applications)
Experience with cloud deployment and cloud-based solutions
An active COMPTIA Security+ certification
Experience supporting DIA/OSIC and/or DTP

Responsibilities

Coach a disciplined, distributed, fast-moving Agile team and program through Agile/Scrum ceremonies
Perform release and sprint planning
Assess the Agile maturity of the team and coach the team to contribute to relentless improvement of the overall program
Remove impediments and coach the team to remove impediments
Build and maintain a high performing team by improving team dynamics and coaching the team to maximize self-organization
Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
Promote proper documentation of the work within the development and systems engineering teams
Work across the stakeholders to ensure effective solutions are delivered
Assist with internal and external communication, improve transparency, and radiating information
Support the systems engineer in managing the team backlog and foster a healthy team dynamic with respect to priorities and scope
Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills