Scrum Master

Responsibilities: 

·       Lead Scrum events including Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, Demos, and PI Planning.

·       Build strong relationships to foster collaboration, transparency, and innovation across highly cross-functional Agile software development teams supporting CI/CD.

·       Proactively identify and remove impediments that hinder team progress.

·       Assist the Product Manager in effective backlog management, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and alignment of items with business goals.

·       Champion Agile values and quality practices, coordinate across organizations, and coach team members on process improvements and best practices.

·       Work closely with senior-level client leadership and business stakeholders, advising on process standardization and continuous improvement.

·       Guide the development team in self-organization, cross-functionality, and adopting Agile principles to maximize performance.

·       Mediate conflicts, resolve issues, and ensure healthy communication between the development team, Product Manager, and stakeholders.

Requirements: 

·       Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent discipline. 

·       Proven track record managing large-scale software development, data management, and system integration initiatives.

·       Skilled in facilitating briefings with senior leadership and capturing actionable outcomes from meetings and stakeholder requests.

·       Proficient with Agile project management tools such as Jira, Trello, or similar platforms.

·       Familiarity with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) and Kanban methodologies is highly desired.

Additional Qualifications: 

·       SAFe Certified Scrum Master

·       Ability to obtain government clearance