VG Agile Scrum Master

Probity Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Probity Inc. is seeking a skilled Project Manager/PM lead to oversee agile development teams, liaise with senior customers, and drive sprint planning, reporting, and risk mitigation.

The role emphasizes Jira-based backlog management, multi-project coordination, and accreditation through ICD-503/ATO processes. You will collaborate across security, operations, testing, and architecture teams to ensure timely, compliant software development and delivery, while aligning with Lean Agile practices and

Qualifications

• On-the-job leadership experience managing an Agile development team.
• Experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
• Experience running daily team scrum meetings.
• Experience using Jira to manage backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
• Experience compiling sprint plans.
• Experience producing weekly status reports.
• Experience with determining work scope and effort sizing.
• Ability to monitor multiple concurrent, high-visibility projects and mitigate risk.
• Experience coordinating test resources and deployments with other groups.
• Experience working with a reporting system for production deployments status.
• Experience leading enterprise projects using PMF and Agile PM framework.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with tight deadlines and priorities.
• Ability to identify programmatic risks and mitigation strategies.
• Experience managing a project through ICD-503 accreditation and ATO.
• Experience in fast-paced Lean Agile environments.
• Experience with Sponsor IT systems, missions, and strategies.
• Experience communicating with senior customers and partners.
• Experience creating and maintaining Jira tickets.
• Experience managing sprint burn-up charts and goals.

Skills

Agile leadership

Stakeholder communication

Daily stand-ups

Jira backlog mgmt

Sprint planning

Weekly reporting

Work scope estimation

Multi-project risk mgmt

Test/resource coordination

Deployment coordination

PMF/Agile PM expertise

Managing multiple priorities

Challenge/risk mitigation

Accreditation process (ICD-503/ATO)

Lean Agile environment experience

Sponsor IT systems knowledge

Executive-level communication

JIRA ticket creation/maintenance

Sprint burn-downs/goals management

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 oversight, 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. 1. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience leading an Agile development team.
2. 2. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience working with senior level customers for status updates and prioritization.
3. 3. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience running daily team scrum meetings.
4. 4. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with using Jira for managing backlogs, portfolios, products, and sprints.
5. 5. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together sprint plans.
6. 6. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job experience putting together weekly reports.
7. 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. 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. 9. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience coordinating test resources and deployments with other groups.
10. 10. (Mandatory) Demonstrated experience working with reporting system for notifying system status and to seek approval for deployment to production.
11. 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. 12. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience with managing multiple concurrent projects, short deadlines, and competing priorities.
13. 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. 14. (Mandatory) Demonstrated on-the-job knowledge and experience managing a project through the accreditation process using ICD-503 and receiving ATO.
15. 15. (Desired) Demonstrated experience working in a fast-paced, Lean Agile environment.
16. 16. (Desired) Demonstrated experience with Sponsor IT systems, missions, and strategies.
17. 17. (Desired) Demonstrated experience communicating with senior customers, senior management, and implementation partners.
18. 18. (Desired) Demonstrated experience creating and maintaining JIRA tickets.
19. 19. (Desired) Demonstrated experience managing top line charts, sprint burn-up charts and sprint goals.