Scrum Master

Overview

Location: St. Louis, MO/Springfield, VA

Clearance:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

 teKnoluxion provides the Defense and Intelligence Communities technical experts in the fields of Software & Systems Engineering, Enterprise Operations, and Cloud Services Management & Consulting.  Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space.  Are you ready to test your abilities as Senior Scrum Master in a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment?  Join a dedicated team supporting the UDS contract at NGA.

Responsibilities

What you get to do every day:

• Guide scrum-team through all sprints of a program increment, removing impediments and championing the team

• Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events

• Track and communicate team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management

• Assist the scrum team in developing and estimating user stories that are clearly articulated with well-defined acceptance criteria

• Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs

• Assist with internal and external communication

• Assist product owners with backlog grooming

• Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition

• Determine and remove impediments that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals

• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution

• Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity

• Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity and innovation

Qualifications

Clearance:  Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration **This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.**

 

Education/Experience:

• Requires Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience
• 5 years of experience

Required Skills:

• Experience leading Agile Scrum teams in a cloud environment
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and /or software/application development processes
• Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Experience with Atlassian Agile Products; specifically JIRA and Confluence

What is ideal?

• 5 years of experience working within the DoD or IC Community

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification

• Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise (SAFe) Agilist Certification

• Intelligence Community Experience preferred

What you can expect from us

• Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
• You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
• Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.

teKnoluxion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.  teKnoluxion does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to team members. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.  Regardless of vaccination status , personnel are required to wear masks while indoors when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level is High.