Senior Scrum Master

Interclypse Inc; Maryland; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

31 Days of Paid Personal Time Off

Unlimited 401K match

Comprehensive health insurance

Job summary

A growing technology firm in Maryland is seeking an experienced Agile Scrum Master to lead teams in a large software and hardware integration project. The ideal candidate will facilitate multiple agile teams, ensuring adherence to agile processes and fostering high-performing team dynamics. This position offers extensive career growth opportunities and a positive work environment focused on continuous improvement and mentorship.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience as a Scrum Master.
• Certified Scrum Master or similar certification required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate self-organizing teams for Program Increment commitments.
• Remove impediments and support team communication.
• Lead and facilitate SAFe ceremonies.

Skills

Facilitation

Communication

Agile methodologies

Team dynamics

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Jira

VersionOne

Job description

Description

The Interclypse difference is our emphasis on employee growth and development through continuous learning, mentorship, and empowerment. Interclypse employees grow in a positive cultivating work environment with endless career opportunities. Let Interclypse empower you by putting you in the driver's seat of your career.

An experienced Agile Scrum Master is needed to work on a large-scale software and hardware integration effort. The ideal candidate will be responsible for facilitating a large complex agile team, or several small agile teams as part of a larger Agile Release Train (ART) delivering value to the customer using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) as the agile framework. She/he will help educate the teams in Scrum or Kanban to ensure that the agile processes are being followed. She/he will help remove impediments and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement. The selected candidate will work with team members, other Agile Scrum Masters, and with support personnel to ensure that the team's commitments at the Program Increment (PI) Planning are met. She/he will facilitate horizontal communication across team members to identify any impediments that may prevent team progress while working on mitigation plans. The selected candidate will be responsible for sensing, determining, and leading discussions when issues need to be analyzed or triaged, and for making improvements in determining and implementing improvements to processes. Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion are critical.

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 the execution of the Program Increments
• Remove impediments for the team and coordinate with the Release Train Engineers in implementing solutions
• Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate
• Supports and enforces the Scrum process and other rules
• Ensures that the team has a clear understanding of the 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 review, demos, sprint retro, and PI planning
• Work with Product Owner/s 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 member's contributions, and coach the team 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

Requirements

• At least 8 (eight) years of relevant work experience as a Scrum Master or similar role leading a technical team.
• 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)
• 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 such as System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline
• 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
• Experience using Kanban to improve flow on support teams

Why You Might Like This Job:

• You’re tired of working for a massive organization.
• You want to work for an established company that values your stable career.
• You want to work with a team who loves their job and making cool stuff.
• You want to be part of a team focused on making a positive impact.
• You want to grow your skills in management or work toward becoming an expert.
• You want to have the option for career mentorship, both in technology and in business.
• You value a company with a strong culture of growth and support

Benefits:

• Employee Impact Program. Every employee has the opportunity to define and get rewarded for their contributions they can make toward the long-term health of the company, customer, and employee. This program in combination with our comprehensive time off and leave programs allow you to design a career and compensation program that enables near infinite flexibility while ensuring both company, customer, and individual health and prosperity.
• Comprehensive time off and leave programs:
  • 31 Days (248 hours) of Paid Personal Time Off (PTO) for any vacation, holidays, illnesses, and birthdays
  • Parental Leave: 40 Hours
  • Bereavement Leave: 24 hours.
  • Military Reserve Leave (up to 80 hours, see employee handbook for details).
  • Jury Duty Leave 16 hours.
• Retirement: Unlimited 401K match up to 8% of your salary up to the federal maximum
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision): Premium is 100% company paid (contact us for specific plan details).
• Health Savings Account (HSA): Interclypse contributes $750 for individuals and $1500 for families
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance includes orthodontics coverage
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Educational support: reimbursement up to the federal max of $5,250
• Company apparel: $200 for company apparel each year
• Social events: Holiday Party, Spring Picnic, Fall Picnic, happy hours and more

Interclypse isn’t your typical company. We strive to have a positive & transformational impact on our community, our industry, and individuals. We keep this focus through our motto: "Doing What is Right". Apply today to see how you can join our winning team and start down the career path that’s right for you!

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:Interclypse is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

Related terms and topics: Scrum Master, SAFE Agile, Scrum Agile