ME00532-Senior Scrum Master

Momentum Engineering, Inc.•Annapolis Junction, MD

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About The Position

The Scrum Master role requires an experienced Agile Lead/Scrum Master to work on a large-scale software and hardware integration effort The selected candidate will be responsible for facilitating either one large, complex agile team, or several small agile teams as part of a larger Agile Release Train (ART) delivering value to the customer using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) The selected candidate will help educate and coach the teams in Scrum, Scrumban, or Kanban to ensure that the agile processes are being followed The selected candidate will work with team members, with other Agile Scrum Masters, and with support personnel to ensure that the team's commitments at the Program Increment (PI) Planning are met

Requirements

Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph (CCAs accepted)
At least 5 years of experience working as a Full Time Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP)
Significant, hands-on experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira, VersionOne, Rallye, IBM RTC)
At least 4 years of experience working on a large technical program, with varied and diverse systems and groups in a fast-paced, always rapidly evolving environment
Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and time management skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical field
Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test
Experience working with multi-disciplinary technical development teams
Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology
Experience using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams
Experience affecting change in organizations working towards agile adoption
Experience applying test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built-in quality by the team

Responsibilities

Facilitate self-organizing team(s) to ensure progress is being made against Program Increment (PI) commitments
Protect the team from scope creep during execution of the PI
Remove impediments and coordinate with the Release Train Engineers on implementing solutions
Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate
Coach, support, and enforce Scrum process and other process rules
Ensure that the team has a clear understanding of the Definition of Done and how to meet it
Coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and communicate status to management.
Work with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features
Lead and facilitate SAFe ceremonies to include Sprint Planning and Sprint Reviews to include demos, Sprint Retrospectives, and PI Planning
Work with Product Owner(s) and System Engineers to develop User Stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria
Maintain and generate information radiators for the teams
Collect and share team metrics with the team, determine when new metrics are needed, and develop improvements in metrics
Coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles with the goal of continuous improvement
Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses of individual team member contributions, and coach the team as a whole to drive improvements in productivity
Promote teamwork to achieve Sprint goals
Lead teams towards Agile maturity
Create a fun, sharing, and learning environment
Experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair-programming and cross-functional training