10514 - Scrum Master

Job Title Scrum Master

Location Hybrid but must be Local to Vienna, VA

Phone + Skype

Visa - US Citizens, Green Card Holders, Green Card EAD's.

Job Description

Prioritize and lead delivery of the initiative's capabilities by removing impediments, facilitating team meetings and events, and fostering an environment for high performance.

The Scrum Master manages a continuous workflow of their team.

They advocate, adopt and coach their team on lean, agile and scrum practices.

Lead the most complex, essential projects with minimal supervision and wide latitude for independent judgment.

Reserved for the most highly skilled practitioners with direct accountability for results.

Individual contributor and mentor to more junior staff

Exhibit behaviors of a Lean-Agile Leader through mindset; helps the team embrace SAFe core values, adopt and apply SAFe principles and implement SAFe practices

Support the team rules of Scrum, eliminate impediments and lead the team in efforts for relentless improvement and heightened efficiency

Ensure technology and service delivery roadmap support the solution strategy and are sustainable to meet the needs of the various solutions being delivered on that product

Facilitate the team's progress toward team goals; utilizing the current Program Increment (PI) Objectives as Iteration Goals

Ensure that goals, scope and product backlog items are understood and can be fulfilled by team members

Collaborate with Product Owner/Product Manager, customers and developers to identify and clarify scope of problems/issues in terms of business/systems requirements and processes

Support the team's efforts to continuously improve communications and relationships with other delivery teams; represent the team in the Scrum of Scrums (SoS), helping the team remain aware of engagement opportunities and program effectiveness

Engage in challenging the old norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity

Support software development teams in applying the Scrum framework

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications | Education | Experience:

2-3 years of experience with CI/CD framework and DevOps methodologies

2-3 years of experience with Microsoft Azure or similar Cloud native offerings

2-3 years of experience with Azure DevOps and Azure boards

Ability to collaborate with product owners/product managers and/or users to understand business needs and translating them into features and user stories.

3-5 years' experience with writing use cases and requirements, features and user stories, to include acceptance criteria and definition of done.

3-5 years' experience in process mapping and technical writing.

Ability to research, analyze, and document all aspects of existing vs. new practices, workflows and procedures.

5-10 years deep functional and technical expertise in at least 1 analytics or business intelligence application or product

Significant project management experience, as well as strong fundamentals in advanced analytics, data integration, and visualization

Experienced in Cloud Application (e.g. Azure, Data Bricks)

Proficient in software development and system administration

Significant experience in resource allocation and management

Extensive experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff

Significant experience leading agile development teams and facilitating team meetings in Agile environment

Expert knowledge of development or operations framework methodologies, including Agile principles

Advanced database and presentation software skills

Advanced research, analytical, and problem solving skills

Advanced skill in building strategic and execution focused plans and alliances with partner leadership