Overview

Systems Engineer L5 (Scrum Master)

woodcons.com

Security Clearance Requirements:

This position requires all candidates to be U.S. Citizens and possess an active TS/SCI Security Clearance with a Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for facilitating self‐organizing team(s) to ensure the team is making progress against Program Increment commitments.

• Protect the team from scope creep during execution of the PI. 

• Remove impediments for the team and coordinate with the Release Train Engineers in implementing solutions.

• Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate.

• Support and enforce Scrum process and other rules.

• Ensure that the team has a clear understanding of Definition of Done and how to meet it.

• Coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Trains ﴾ARTs﴿ and communicate status to management.

• Work with the Product Owner/s to review and prioritize features.
• Lead and facilitate SAFe ceremonies to include sprint planning, sprint review, demos, sprint retro, and PI planning.
• Work with Product Owner/s to develop User Stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria.
• Maintain and generate information radiators for the teams.
• Collect and share team metrics with the team, determine when new metrics are needed, and develop improvements in metrics.
• Coach teams on agile and scrum principles with the goal of continuous improvement.
• Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses of individual team member's contributions, and coach the team to drive improvements in productivity.
• Create a fun sharing and learning environment, experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair‐programming and cross‐functional training.
• Promote teamwork to achieve sprint goals.
• Lead teams towards agile maturity.

Qualifications

Required Education & Years of Experience

• A High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19) years of general systems engineering experience.OR
• A Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university AND a minimum of fifteen (15) years of general systems engineering experience.OR
• A Master's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university AND a minimum of thirteen (13) years of general systems engineering experience.

Required Skills

• Experience working as a Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team.
• Experience using Jira.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and time management skills are a must.

Desired Skills

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI‐ACP).

WOOD 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.