What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Scrum Master position at Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI)?
MTSI needs to add a Certified Scrum Master to our team in support of our customer local to Dayton, OH.
Job Duties
Job Duties
- Facilitate scrum events, such as daily stand ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
- Support and educate product owners to ensure priorities align with product goals and the product backlog is maintained.
- Mentor team on Agile principles and practices.
- Promote an environment of continuous improvement
- Facilitate clear and transparent communication between the team and the stakeholders.
- Ensure team readiness to present at Technical Interchange Meetings (TIM).
- Collaborate with scrum masters in Scrum of Scrums.
- Prepare team for quarterly release planning events.
- May be required to perform activities within NASIC and adhere to security requirements for access to classified information
- U.S Citizenship with an active TS/SCI Security Clearance
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience with Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Team Agreements, Definition of Done, Definition of Ready, Acceptance Criteria
- Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to refining and maintaining the product backlog.
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence tools
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Scrum Alliance preferred)
- Active TS/SCI
- 8 years of experience serving as a Scrum Master
- Ability to adjust to requirements evolution
- Excellent Communication skills demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in both written and verbal form
- Knowledge of the SDLC and interrelationships with agile development
- Advanced Certified Scrum Master (A-CSM) certification from Scrum Alliance
- Flexibility to support software testing activities, as dictated by priorities, to include:
- Designing test plans and procedures to verify requirements
- Executing test procedures against the code baseline
- Preparing test reports detailing results of testing
- Updating tracking software with the results of testing
- Working closely with users to verify requirements and software acceptance
- Experience writing test utilities using programming languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or C
- Experience with automated test tools (ex. TestComplete, Google Test, QF-Test)