Scrum Master

The Josef Group; Maryland; On-site; USD 90,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

The Josef Group in Annapolis Junction, MD is seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate self-organizing Agile teams on a large technical program with TS/SCI CI Poly clearance. You will protect the team from scope creep, remove impediments, and coordinate with Release Train Engineers to deliver PI commitments.

You will coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles, lead SAFe ceremonies, and collaborate with Product Owners to define and prioritize features, while maintaining transparent metrics and

Qualifications

• Eight years of Scrum Master experience on large technical programs.
• Experience as Scrum Master for software development or similar technical teams.
• Certifications: CSM, SSM or PMI-ACP.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate self-organizing teams to meet PI commitments.
• Protect the team from scope creep during PI execution.
• Remove impediments and coordinate with Release Train Engineers.
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles for continuous improvement.
• Lead SAFe ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Reviews, Demos, Retrospectives, PI Planning.
• Develop User Stories with Product Owners to meet feature criteria.
• Maintain information radiators and share team metrics.

Skills

Scrum Master experience

Agile coaching

SAFe knowledge

Communication skills

Team facilitation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

Jira

VersionOne

Rally

IBM RTC

Job 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 enforceScrumprocess 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 andScrumprinciples 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 recentwork experience workingas aScrum Master, preferably on a large, technical program.
• Experience working as a Scrum Masterfor a software development or similar technical team.
• CertifiedScrum Master(CSM), SAFeScrum 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 usingKanban 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-inquality by the team.