VG Agile Scrum Master

Probity; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Probity in Chantilly, VA is seeking an experienced Agile Project Manager to lead an integrated software development team and coordinate with senior customers. You will drive sprint planning, daily standups, and weekly reporting while coordinating tests and deployments with cross-functional groups.

The role requires on-site work, Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph, and strong PMF/Lean-Agile expertise to align with Sponsor timelines and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
• Experience working with senior-level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Experience running daily team scrum meetings.
• Knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Experience putting together sprint plans.
• Experience putting together weekly reports.
• Ability to determine work scope and level of effort to estimate tasks.
• Ability to monitor multiple concurrent projects and communicate risks.
• Experience coordinating test resources and deployments with other groups.
• Experience with reporting systems for production deployment approvals.
• Experience leading enterprise projects using PMF and Agile methodologies.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, deadlines, and priorities.
• Ability to identify programmatic challenges and mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing a project through ICD-503 and ATO processes.
• Desired: fast-paced Lean Agile environment experience.
• Desired: familiarity with Sponsor IT systems and strategies.
• Desired: ability to communicate with senior customers and partners.
• Desired: experience creating and maintaining JIRA tickets.
• Desired: experience managing sprint goals and burn-down/up charts.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile development team to deliver complex software in sprints.
• Engage with senior-level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Run daily standups and coordinate sprint activities.
• Plan sprints and compile weekly status reports for stakeholders.
• Coordinate test resources and deployments with other groups.
• Manage enterprise projects using the Sponsor's PMF and Agile methodologies.
• Monitor progress across multiple projects and communicate risks and mitigations.

Skills

Agile leadership

Jira proficiency

Daily standups

Sprint planning

Weekly status reporting

Stakeholder communication

Risk identification & management

Test/resource coordination

Production deployments coordination

Program management framework (PMF)

Multi-project coordination

Tools

Jira

Job description

PLEASE NOTE: This position requires an ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI Clearance with Polygraph. To be considered for this position, you MUST have an ACTIVE Clearance Level of Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Position Code: 03-PM0924-2

The Sponsor requires project management and technical support to manage projects and to perform software development activities within budget in the areas of enabling search against structured and unstructured data sets; federating searches across external data sources; coordinating, tagging, organizing, and collaborating on documents across the organization; leveraging machine language to discover content that would otherwise be missed via Boolean; and incorporating artificial intelligence to do predictive analysis and make recommendations based on historical data. These systems must continue without interruption and meet Sponsor approved timelines for new development activities. The team will comply with the Sponsor’s Lean Agile methodology, participate in all Lean Agile scrums, sprints and grooming sessions, and with Sponsor oversite, manage the progress of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product integration and development efforts. They will provide for O&M of existing system capabilities for enabling search against unstructured data sets; federating searches across external data sources; coordinating, tagging, organizing, and collaborating on documents across the organization and will provide after-hour support on an “on call” basis. The team will ensure O&M and software enhancement activities meet Sponsor approved timelines; consult and coordinate appropriately for problem resolution, task scheduling, new resource requirements, and task clarification; and operate in partnership with an integrated team of staff and contractors. They should understand the Sponsor’s target cloud environment, such as AWS or Azure, and coordinate and collaborate with Sponsor security, operations, testing, and other teams to provide system information and technical support. The team will comply with the Sponsor’s Risk Management (i.e., cyber security) Framework to ensure that the program addresses and mitigates vulnerabilities and risks identified throughout the lifecycle of the project; create, manage, and update Jira tickets; and assist in navigating the security accreditation process. They will support the dissemination of products to access-controlled users; develop and deploy web applications and user experiences supporting the dissemination of analytic product; and with Sponsor direction, provide prototype solutions to demonstrate feasibility and potential benefits of various technical solutions such as: establishing a unified backend architecture for the Sponsor's program, or redesigning and modernizing the existing backend infrastructure. The team will implement changes to current applications based on Sponsor requirements and support the Sponsor’s representatives in the technical assessment to right-size and scale cloud services to include Government-purchasing, engineering, and architecture related activities as applicable to applications. They will track work requirements and action items to meet program deadlines; deliver development requirements as requested by the Sponsor; use a Sponsor-approved tracking system for issues and problems; and provide applications development and programming support to develop software to implement system-level requirements. The team will implement, at Sponsor direction, changes to the current applications based on changing partner requirements, legislation, and policy and new functionality to system software. They will conduct functionality and performance testing for existing applications; develop applications and modifications to existing Sponsor applications in compliance with the Sponsor’s architectural and Authorization and Accreditation (A&A) process; and with Sponsor oversight, engage with end users, stakeholders, and project team members to understand end-user goals and business requirements. The team will create and communicate interaction and UX design decisions in the most appropriate forms (e.g., user stories, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, etc.) with Sponsor’s organization and, with Sponsor oversight, maintain a continuous feedback loop with users and stakeholders for UI/UX decision-making.

1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.

2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.

3. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience running daily team scrum meetings.

4. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.

5. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together sprint plans.

6. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together weekly reports.

7. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience working with project teams to determine or project work scope and level of effort to produce a t-shirt size for the associated work.

8. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job ability to monitor the progress of multiple concurrent and highly visible projects and requirements with the ability to recommend or take required corrective actions; to perform risk identification and management; and to communicate effectively with the customer, stakeholder, and project team.

9. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience coordinating test resources and deployments with other groups.

10. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience working with reporting system for notifying system status and to seek approval for deployment to production.

11. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with leading and managing enterprise level projects that have a multi-disciplinary cross-organizational project team from start to end using the Sponsor’s Project Management Framework (PMF) and Agile Project Management methodology.

12. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.

13. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience identifying programmatic challenges, risks, and constraints coupled with a strong ability to convey well-thought mitigation strategies.

14. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receiving ATO.

15. (Desired) Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, Lean Agile environment.

16. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Sponsor IT systems, missions, and strategies.

17. (Desired) Demonstrated experience communicating with senior customers, senior management, and implementation partners.

18. (Desired) Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining JIRA tickets.

19. (Desired) Demonstrated experience managing top line charts, sprint burn-up charts and sprint goals.