Junior Scrum Master for Cloud-Driven Agile Programs

Abile Group, LLC; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Abile Group, LLC is seeking a junior SCRUM Master for a 10-year contract to support User Facing and Data Center IT services for an Intelligence Community customer. The role guides agile teams through sprints, facilitates planning, removes impediments, and collaborates with product owners.

Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years of relevant experience are required; TS/SCI with CI Poly is required or ability to obtain. Jira and Confluence experience in cloud environments is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related discipline.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience.
• TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
• Ability to obtain clearance.

Responsibilities

• Guides scrum-team through all sprints of a program increment, removing impediments and championing the team.
• Organizes and facilitates sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events.
• Tracks and communicates team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management.
• Assists the scrum team in developing and estimating user stories that are clearly articulated with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Updates agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
• Assists with internal and external communication.
• Assists product owners with backlog grooming.
• Assists team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Determines and removes impediments that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals.
• Facilitates discussion and conflict resolution.
• Promotes continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity.
• Promotes a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity and innovation.
• Collaborates with fellow scrum masters to promote best practices.
• Mentors junior scrum masters.

Skills

Agile Scrum leadership

DevSecOps

Systems engineering

Problem solving

Jira & Confluence

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS or related

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Abile Group, LLC is seeking a junior SCRUM Master for a 10-year contract to support User Facing and Data Center IT services for an Intelligence Community customer. The role guides agile teams through sprints, facilitates planning, removes impediments, and collaborates with product owners.

Bachelor's degree and 3–5 years of relevant experience are required; TS/SCI with CI Poly is required or ability to obtain. Jira and Confluence experience in cloud environments is preferred.