Scrum Master

Job#: 3022312

Job Description:

Title / Position: Scrum Master

Pay Rate: $50-55/hr

Conversion Salary: $90k-110k

Location: Remote

• Degree: BA/BS in related field
• Certifications: Scrum Master certs preferred
• Clearance: Public trust needed
  • If not citizen: Applicants shall have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years prior to submitting an application for a Federal ID Card.

Requirements

• Technical Skills
  • Experience with Scrum Master/Agile/Kanban
  • Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian tools
  • SharePoint, MS Office (including MS Project)
• Skills and Abilities
  • Good team work and communication skills with all levels of staff
• Preferred Skills
  • Prior Agile project experience in the federal space
  • Scrum Master certification preferred
  • Backlog tracking, burn down metrics, velocity, and task definition
  • Fundamentals of iterative development
  • Translating requirements into user stories
  • Fundamentals of software development and integration processes and procedure
  • Incremental delivery and the value of metrics

Responsibilities

This Scrum Master is going to be a key part of a large cloud project. In this role, you will provide project management, as needed, for software release and operational task management, coach internal and external scrum team members on SAFe Essential.

The successful candidate will be an accomplished Scrum Master with Medicare or healthcare Project Management experience. The candidate must be capable of working in a dynamic environment, ensuring the timely delivery of quality work products using SAFe Agile methodologies.

• Plan and facilitate Agile/Scrum activities including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, demos, backlog refinement, board reviews, and retrospectives.
• Lead time-boxed sprint planning and execution to ensure predictable delivery.
• Maintain JIRA and other information radiators to provide transparency into team progress and performance.
• Act as a liaison between development teams and product management, ensuring adherence to appropriate Agile processes.
• Collaborate with clients and end users to gather and clarify business requirements.
• Identify and remove impediments that hinder development or prevent the team from achieving established goals and milestones.
• Provide reporting on team capacity, velocity, and performance against commitments.
• Serve as an advisor for up to two medium-sized Agile teams or one large Agile team.
• Support quality assurance and cross-functional team capability areas as needed.
• Perform general project management and coordination activities.
• Train new team members on SAFe Agile methodology and best practices.
• May coach and mentor less-experienced professionals.
• May serve as a team or task lead.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.