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Job Description
Job Description
NC DHHS requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum / Flow Master with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation for the project and the operations and maintenance.
NC DHHS requires the services of a senior Agile Scrum / Flow Master in the NC FAST organization with the responsibilities for supporting the agile teams in their agile ceremonies and planning and implementation of Epics and features that adds business value for both the project and the operations and maintenance. This role will perform daily assignment tracking, prioritization with business and divisions and will be involved in removing impediments for the team, and release planning with technical leads and team. This role will help with daily scrum meetings, backlog refinement meetings, sprint planning and other agile ceremonies along with monthly releases, quarterly PI planning and other status meetings for managerial briefings and updates. This role will also help in measuring various metrics in the agile teams and drive continuous improvement, guiding and coaching team to achieve agile maturity along with planning, managing, and delivering solution for program backlogs. This position will work as Scrum / Flow master under Aqua portfolio and will be used for various NC FAST program efforts around FNS and EPI programs and potentially help other programs supported in Aqua portfolio for agile transformation, Sync meetings etc. This role will also help with the quarterly PI planning coordination across NC FAST and potentially across Aqua Portfolio in the near future.
Requirements
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Strong experience understanding and implementing Agile values, principles, and practices (i.e., Kanban, Scrum) based on Team's maturity.
Required
Years
Strong hands on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Required
Years
Experience with JIRA to create / enhance dashboards, monitor progress of sprint / work flow, and providing statuses in timely manner.
Required
Years
Demonstrated experience working on multiple priorities and / or projects simultaneously without impact to quality of work.
Required
Years
Experience working with stakeholders for backlog item prioritization, grooming, and understanding of epic / stories / tasks
Required
Years
Experience with work breakdown and estimation, sprint planning, monitoring progress and removing impediments to deliver solutions for business needs.
Required
Years
Strong experience using facilitation and communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Required
Years
Strong experience using risk and business impact analysis and reporting skills.
Required
Years
Experience in gaining buy-in and support from stakeholders
Required
Years
Experience managing, maintaining, and analyzing data to derive meaningful and actionable insights about the portfolio.
Required
Years
Demonstrated experience using effective leadership, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
Required
Years
Demonstrated experience working with planning just enough, just in time to START moving forward.
Required
Years
Certified Agile Scrum Master or Kanban Flow Master
Required
Years
Experience with Program Increment (PI) planning and tracking dependencies across functional teams.
Required
Years
Certified SPC or SAFe agilist in SAFe transformation
Desired
Years
Certified Project Manager
Desired
Years
