Scrum Master

Custom Software Systems Inc. (CSS) is seeking a motivated and experienced Scrum Master to join our team supporting our client's Integrated Research and Analytics Platform (IRAP) program. In this full-time role, you will play a key part in ensuring the successful delivery of projects by guiding and supporting development teams through the Scrum framework. The ideal candidate will exemplify Agile values and principles, possess exceptional communication and facilitation skills, and bring extensive experience in project leadership, including knowledge of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). If you are passionate about driving collaboration, optimizing workflows, and enabling teams to achieve their best, we’d love to have you on board!

Responsibilities

· Responsible for facilitating scrum events such as PI/sprint planning, daily scrum,

PI/sprint review, and sprint retrospective.

· Help the IRAP team remove obstacles/blockers that are stopping the development or

deployment process by facilitating communication with external teams if needed or

reporting any critical issues.

· Perform any necessary coaching to the team, and improve communication and

collaboration within the team and stakeholders.

· Work closely with the product owners to scope and plan current and future work.

· Provide the product owner support in managing the backlog and provide clear

communications to the product owner on the status of the work items.

· Provide the project manager support in providing necessary monthly status updates,

which could include creating reports or dashboards.

· Responsible for maintaining the Azure DevOps for IRAP.

· Design, develop, author, and maintain high-quality operational support documents based

upon functional needs associated with cloud infrastructure requirements, eliciting the

materials in a collaborative effort with technical analysts, managers, and project team

members. Materials will be cataloged in a standardized format and posted for use and

collaboration on designated SharePoint sites, with the data being worked from multiple

sources that require consolidation, normalization, and regular synchronization.

· Engaging and coaching product teams to help them recognize the effectiveness of self-organization and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

· Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles

· Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum

techniques with a minimum of 5 years of experience.

· Minimum of 7 years of experience in leading projects or key business initiatives

· 2 years of IT portfolio and customer relationship management experience.

· At least one of the following or its equivalent:

o PMP Certification, PMI-ACP, or Scaled Agile Framework or CSM (Certified Scrum Master).

Education

· Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computing Information Systems,

Computer Science, or relevant technical discipline.

Clearance

N/A

Citizenship

US citizen. Green card holders are accepted.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

· Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and SAFe certification

· Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of

software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional

project management principles and practices.

· Able to plan and problem-solve with product management and delivery teams

· Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills

· Knowledge of approaches discussed in the Agile space: Kanban and SAFe.

· Knowledge and/or experience with Agile techniques, including User Stories, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing,

· Automated Testing, Agile Games.

· Experience executing as a scrum master in an agile transformation