Scrum Master

AFB, IL
Remote

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3 days ago

Job Description

Scrum Master

Local to Scott Air Force Base

The Opportunity:
Marathon TS is looking for an experienced Agile Scrum Master with strong Agile and SAFe delivery skills. The desired candidate will coach multiple agile teams and use oral and written communications skills to develop great working relationships with stakeholders including customer Product Owners. The candidate will work closely with the release train engineer, and other ART resources to ensure planning, development, testing, and deployment of solutions are performed successfully in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities:

Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework (SAFe)
Facilitate team breakouts to plan work and create PI objectives during PI Planning
Facilitate planning and execution of work during a Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
Facilitate backlog refinement by collaborating with the product owners and business analysts
Track and remove impediments to improve agile team's efficiency and effectiveness; reaching out to the larger organizational network for impediment removal; ensuring cross-team coordination
Maintain relevant metrics to understand how well the team is doing and identify areas of improvement
Perform capacity planning to help teams plan iterations and increments
Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure consistency across teams
Liaison with architects, cyber security SMEs, and other stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines
Manage product releases and dependencies between teams and third parties or between assigned teams and other Scrum teams
Support development of product roadmaps
Coach the team to continuously improve and become a high performing team
Develop new processes and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity
Strengthen the presence of the team within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization's Agile Community
Ensure appropriate staffing for assigned Epics and Features
Schedule and allocate work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and business objectives
Ensure product quality and timeliness of efforts.

Qualifications:

Required:

Active Secret Clearance
Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and seven years of related experience
Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master with significant experience coaching Scrum teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three (3) years' experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile approach
Understanding of all elements of software development including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter
Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to pass an IT-1 background investigation.

Desired:

SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner, or any other Scaled Agile Certification
Experience with continuous deployment models
Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

Numbers & Facts

Location

AFB, IL (

Remote)

Skills

Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Business Analysisunmatched
Capacity Managementunmatched
Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
Coachingunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Customer Relationsunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Developmentunmatched
Product Demonstrationunmatched
Product Developmentunmatched
Product Managementunmatched
Product Planningunmatched
Product Supportunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Quality Engineeringunmatched
Release Management/Engineeringunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
ScrumMasterunmatched
Secret Clearanceunmatched
Security Architectureunmatched
Software Developmentunmatched
Sprint Planningunmatched
Sprint Retrospectiveunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
United States Citizenunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched

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