What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at Concept Plus?
About Concept Plus
Concept Plus is a growing consulting firm headquartered in Fairfax, VA. We are an Oracle Gold Partner, offering deep technical expertise, combined with business insights and an experienced team focused on providing technical solutions for our clients. We are proud to have been recognized as one of the "25 Most Powerful Oracle Solution Providers" in the area! We offer great benefits including competitive pay, comprehensive health insurance, dental and vision insurance, paid life insurance, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, bonuses, tuition reimbursement, unlimited training, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, flexible, innovative environment! For additional information about our dynamic organization, please visit our website. at www.conceptplus.com.
About the role
Concept Plus is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Scrum Master to join a high-functioning team in a critical role driving success as the scrum master, communicator, and integrator. Work with Program Team and customer to develop user stories, features, epics, run daily scrums, grooming, retrospective, and coordinate demos. Enter and maintain requirements in Jira. Create the Agile documentation at Sprint level for the Agile Sustainment Roadmap. Attend Daily Stand Up and Sprint meetings for Product and Platform teams.
What you'll do
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinements) for one or more Scrum teams, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery of IT system increments
- Set up JIRA Boards and manage regularly to create AGILE documentation, monitor team progress, ensure transparency of work, and provide insights on team performance via burndown charts, velocity tracking, and other relevant metrics.
- Collaborate with the Project Manager, Technical Architect, and Product Owners to align team efforts with the customer objectives. Serve as the main point of contact between the team and stakeholders, ensuring clear and consistent communication.
- Track and report team progress using approved tools (e.g., Jira, GitHub, ServiceNow), contributing to Biweekly Status Reports with updates on sprint outcomes, impediments, and resolutions
- Actively identify and remove any blockers or obstacles that hinder the team's ability to meet their sprint goals.
- Support the integration of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices into team workflows, ensuring seamless coordination with release schedules and deployment pipelines.
- Assist the Product Owner in refining and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure it is ready for sprint planning.
- Identify risks early, work with the team to address them, and escalate as necessary.
Qualifications
- US Citizenship
- Ability to obtain and/or maintain a government clearance.
- 8 years of software project experience with a minimum of 5 years working on agile teams.
- Bachelors Degree required
- 5 years as scrum master or product owner.
- 2 years of experience with government clients
- 2 years of experience with JIRA, Confluence
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification required
- Excellent communication and presentation skills preferred
- Strong collaboration skills preferred
- USAF functional experience preferred
Concept Plus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we will give your application full consideration without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
