Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions (CARS)
 
Chenega Job Title: Scrum Master
Clearance: TS/SCI Clearance
Location: Springfield, VA
FLSA Status: Exempt, Full Time, Regular
 
Summary:
The Scrum Master is responsible for facilitating an Agile team to plan, develop, review, demo and finalize software or project releases through a series of sprints or iterations.
 
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use Agile methodology, with expertise to plan, develop, review, and demo and final software or project releases through a series of sprints or iterations.
• Each sprint iteration involves a single team that provides daily scrums and concentrated resources lasting approximately two weeks.
• Provide sprint team velocity to the Program Manager and the government.
• Initiate daily meetings as required to keep all work focused and document progress.
• Develop features required for the release identified within each sprint.
• Provide technology "spikes" to identify needed tools and approaches.
• Identify detailed breakouts or "stories" needed to successfully complete the sprint.
• Follow up with customers to ensure issue(s) are resolved.
• Provide iterative reviews and demos to validate each part that makes up the feature, and provide continuous improvement feedback for each successive sprint.
• Develop and maintain Sprint planning applications such as "Jira".
• Document the sprint results using applications such as "Jira".
• Other duties as assigned

 
Minimum Qualifications: (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)

• Bachelor's degree and 8 years relevant experience OR
• Associate degree and 10 years relevant experience OR
• 12 years relevant experience
  • Experience with ServiceNow
  • Experience in the Intelligence Community
  • Scrum Master Experience
• SAFe Agile Certification
• TS/SCI clearance required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict
• Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in the scrum
• Ability to determine what is scrum and what is not
• Experience with successful Agile techniques
• Ability to work with and lead a team
• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment
• Be self-motivated and have the ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction
• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups and individuals
• Have a friendly presence, helpful attitude, good interpersonal skills, and ability to work well with others.
• Excellent skills in Jira, Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office applications
• Experience working in a home office setting
• Ability to train end users on frequently asked technical issues
• Ability to provide technical assistance and support over the phone
• Good phone skills, professional demeanor, and previous customer service experience strongly desired
• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to visualize a problem or situation and think abstractly to solve it

 
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