Senior Scrum Master

Washington, DC, US • Posted 12 days ago • Updated 12 days ago
Contract W2
Contract Independent
No Travel Required
On-site
Depends on Experience
Fitment

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Job Details

Skills

  • Agile
  • Scrum
  • SAFE
  • Kanban

Summary

 

We are seeking an experienced Senior Scrum Master services to support the organization in delivering a modernized Examiner Workflow Tool. This solution will replace and enhance a legacy system while leveraging AWS cloud services to improve scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

The Scrum Master will play a critical role in guiding the team through Agile best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and ensuring successful product delivery across the full product lifecycle. In addition, the Scrum Master will support requirements capture and assist in refining and maintaining high-quality user stories aligned to business objectives.

Position Responsibilities

The Scrum Master will serve as a servant leader and Agile coach, with responsibilities including:

·        Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives) and ensure effective team engagement.

·        Promote Agile best practices and guide the team in adopting and sustaining an Agile mindset.

·        Partner closely with Product Owners to ensure backlog clarity, prioritization, and alignment with business goals.

·        Capture and refine requirements; assist with writing and updating user stories for the examiner workflow tool.

·        Maintain strong backlog hygiene, ensuring stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for development.

·        Identify, track, and remove impediments that may impact delivery timelines or team performance.

·        Foster self-organization, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team.

·        Support Agile transformation efforts and reinforce cross-functional collaboration.

·        Apply Agile frameworks and methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, as appropriate.

·        Promote Agile engineering practices such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pair Programming, Automated Testing, and other modern delivery techniques.

Position Qualifications

·        Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

·        Minimum of 10 years of experience leading projects or major business/IT initiatives.

·        Demonstrated experience serving as a Scrum Master within Agile delivery environments.

·        Experience supporting Agile transformation initiatives.

·        Minimum of 2 years of experience in IT portfolio management and/or customer relationship management.

·        Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe.

·        Professional certification in at least one of the following (or equivalent):

o   PMP (Project Management Professional)

o   PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)

o   CSM (Certified Scrum Master)

o   SAFe certification (Scaled Agile Framework)

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  • Dice Id: 10120268
  • Position Id: ADFE2629
  • Posted 12 days ago
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