Scrum Master

The Josef Group

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Agile Programming Methodologies, Atlassian JIRA, Certified ScrumMaster, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Integration, Cross-Functional, Establish Priorities, Hardware-Software Integration, IBM Product Family, Improvement Metrics, Integration Testing, Interpersonal Skills, Kanban, Metrics, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Improvement, Product Demonstration, Productivity Management, Project Management Certification, Project Management Software, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, ScrumMaster, Software Development, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, System Integration (SI), Systems Engineering, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Test Automation, Test Driven Development (TDD), Time Management, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

POSTED

30+ days ago

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.

About the Company

The Josef Group

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