Scrum Master

The Josef Group

  • Annapolis Junction, Maryland
  • 30+ days ago
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    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Atlassian JIRAunmatched
    • Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Hardware-Software Integrationunmatched
    • IBM Product Familyunmatched
    • Improvement Metricsunmatched
    • Integration Testingunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Kanbanunmatched
    • Metricsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Process Improvementunmatched
    • Product Demonstrationunmatched
    • Productivity Managementunmatched
    • Project Management Certificationunmatched
    • Project Management Softwareunmatched
    • Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
    • ScrumMasterunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Sprint Planningunmatched
    • Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Test Automationunmatched
    • Test Driven Development (TDD)unmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

    Description

    Scrum Master 
    TS/SCI CI Poly 
    Annapolis Junction, MD 

    Primary Responsibilities
    • Responsible for facilitating self-organizing team(s) to ensure the team is making progress against Program Increment commitments.
    • Protect the team from scope creep during execution of the PI.
    • Remove impediments for the team 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 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, 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 members' contributions, and coach the team as a whole to drive improvements in productivity.
    • Create a fun sharing and learning environment, experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair-programming and cross-functional training.
    • Promote teamwork to achieve Sprint goals.
    • Lead teams towards Agile maturity.

    Basic Qualifications
    • At least 8 (eight) years of current or very recent work experience working as a Scrum Master, preferably on a large, technical program.
    • Experience working as a 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).
    • Experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira, VersionOne, Rallye, IBM RTC).
    • Experience with using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams.
    • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and time management skills are a must.
    • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, across diverse systems and groups.

    Preferred Qualifications
    • Bachelor'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 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.
     
     
     

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAnnapolis Junction, Maryland

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