IT Scrum Master - Identity Access & Management

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.); Portsmouth (NH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc. (SGA, Inc.) is seeking an IT Scrum Master for a hybrid assignment in Portsmouth, NH. This role sits within the Global Cybersecurity organization’s Delivery Enablement & Business Operations, focusing on Identity & Access Management.

You will enable agile delivery, coach teams, and mentor members to strengthen delivery performance, data insight solutions, and continuous improvement across a large cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience fostering agile maturity within teams and guiding transformation.
• Solid knowledge of SAFe practices and agile concepts.
• Strong communication, organizational, analytical and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate stand-up meetings, planning sessions, and retrospectives with a focus on team engagement.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and People Leaders for planning and backlog health.
• Shield teams from interference to enable productivity and delivery.
• Anticipate impediments and address delivery barriers across teams.
• Coach teams on agile growth, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy.
• Provide guidance across directors, managers, product owners and team members.

Skills

SAFe practices

Agile project management

Team coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Facilitation & communication

Education

Bachelor degree in technology or related discipline

Job description

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for an IT Scrum Master for a hybrid assignment with one of our premier clients in Portsmouth, NH.

The Delivery Enablement & Business Operations team within the Global Cybersecurity organization is looking to add a Scrum Master. Candidate will be focused on the Identity & Access Management space working on Project Ascend which will modernize our Identity and Access Management process to significantly reduce enterprise risk while elevating operational capabilities. This large team will operate in Scrum.

In this role, the Scrum Master will enable the teams' effectiveness of delivery, cultivate an environment that supports agility, and drive action to enable effective data insight solutions with the team. The Scrum Master coaches, mentors and teaches team members, proactively seeking to eliminate or minimize impact of barriers, and address challenges to delivery. The successful candidate's contributions in this role will be an important element of our service delivery practice, helping us realize our vision to continuously improve the way we work.

About the job:

• Facilitate stand-up meetings, planning sessions, and retrospectives to ensure full team engagement with a focus on growing the capabilities by all team members. Manage interdependencies between teams.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner and People Leaders to support short and long-term planning and assist in keeping the work backlog healthy and prepared for execution.
• Shield the teams from interference to enable optimal functionality and productivity.
• Anticipate and address impediments to team delivery.
• Collaborate with teams to discover their needs; plan and deliver instruction and coaching on growth mindset and maturing current Agile adoption while ensuring alignment with the organizational strategy.
• Champion continuous improvement activities to increase productivity; coach squads to conduct continuous improvement
• Anticipate and address impediments to team and help manage interdependencies between teams.
• Provide guidance and insight into various organizational positions (directors, managers, product owners, and team members).
• Use data, observation and analytical skills to proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement in team health and delivery, develop proposed solutions, and share knowledge and best practices across teams.
• Focus on increasing the skill and understanding of delivery practices and values across all interactions.
• Observe and provide consistent, impactful feedback for team development.
• Embrace the concept of continuous learning and instill the same in the teams.
• Actively seek coaching and mentoring from more experienced SMs and coaches.

Desired Skills:

• The ideal candidate brings substantial experience fostering agile maturity within teams, including skillfully navigating the complexities and dynamics that often arise during transformation and either exposure or a working knowledge of cybersecurity data and/or operations.
• Solid experience and knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) practices and Agile project management concepts, practices, and techniques.
• Demonstrates the ability to thoughtfully adapt Agile practices to fit the unique needs of the team while ensuring alignment with organizational standards and business objectives.
• Display strong communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
• Advanced presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills.
• Bachelor degree in technology or a related discipline and at least 8, typically 10 or more years related experience as a project team member, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Agile certifications are preferred.
• Solid time management skills, with the ability to multitask and manage multiple efforts in a cross-functional environment.

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/.

SGA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Color, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Religion, National Origin, Disability, Veteran Status, Age, Marital Status, Pregnancy, Genetic Information, or Other Legally Protected Status. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, and our services, programs, and activities. Please visit our company EEO page to request an accommodation or assistance regarding our policy.