Scrum Master/Business Analyst

Description

Metric5 is currently seeking a Scrum Master/Business Analyst to work within a team providing Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence services to our government customers using Agile processes. You will utilize agile/scrum methodologies to oversee and plan work for a team and work with stakeholders, subject-matter experts and end-users to elicit and document requirements and present on iterative work increments for high visibility projects.

Program Details

The program you will be supporting has a mission to provide development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) support to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) with a focus on development, operations, and modernization of the Agency's Enterprise Data Warehouse/Data Lake. The team utilizes open-source, AWS Cloud, and Big Data technologies, agile project management practices, and modern DevSecOps delivery to provide the business intelligence support systems to meet the reporting, data analytics, and machine learning/artificial intelligence needs critical to USCIS leadership, data/business analysts, data scientists, and other decision-makers.

Responsibilities:

• Actively plans and facilitates Agile ceremonies including daily stand up, planning, grooming, demonstrations, and retrospectives.
• Communicate regularly and builds strong relationships with product owners, project managers, technical leaders, software developers etc. to identify information needs, facilitate information exchange, and ensure adherence to business requirements and program standards.
• Write clear and specific user stories, epics and initiatives which clearly define the who, what and business value of the work
• Capture agile artifacts to include user stories (planned vs. actual), velocity charts, burn-down charts, sprint retrospective notes, action items etc.
• Analyze business process flows to develop activity models and detailed requirements
• Document discussions during facilitated sessions to capture information
• Transform business requirements into technical requirements for the development team
• Schedule and conducts meetings with development team to gain insight into the state of individual release and sprint plans, schedules, deliverables, milestones, project risks and mitigation
• Manage deliverables and communicate updates with the leadership team
• Maintain and update risk register

Required Skills:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate solutions effectively to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to take ownership of activities and work independently
• Strong experience working with Jira and Confluence
• Create and manage epics and user stories within Jira and Confluence by working to translate technical requirements through coordination with Product Owner, IT leadership, and development team members
• Proactively communicates with Product Owner, Project Manager, Technical Leads, Software Developers, and any other stakeholders to identify information needs, facilitate information exchange, and ensure adherence to business requirements
• Manage project backlogs by leading grooming and planning sessions, facilitating story pointing efforts and working with Product Owners to prioritize tasks
• Schedule and conduct meetings with assigned technical staff to gain insight into the state of the individual release and sprint plans, schedules, deliverables, milestones, projects risks and migration
• Collaborate between scrum teams to ensure dependencies are identified, impediments are removed, and work schedules are aligned

Desired Skills:

• SAFe Scrum Master certification
• Excellent stakeholder/customer management skills
• Exceptional presentation skills and presence in front of technical teams and senior agency leadership

Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline preferred - Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree, or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, and work experience.

Location: Reston, VA and Camp Springs, MD - Hybrid (Candidate must be local to the Washington D.C. metro area)

USCIS Entry on Duty (EOD) preferred.

Salary: $125,000-$135,000

About Metric5

Metric5 is a small business with big company benefits. We have a passionate team of smart, fun, caring professionals, and we are here for the long haul. Join our growing team in a business where your contributions make an enormous impact.

Our organization offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, continuous professional development, with a best in class company culture that is enjoyable to work in and supports the growth of each of our professionals.

Our benefits include:

• Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401k with company match (employees are immediately vested)
• Paid Vacation
• 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
• Parental Leave
• Employee Bonuses
• Professional Development Reimbursement Program
• Tuition Assistance Program

Metric5 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.