Scrum Master

Job title:

Scrum Master

Company

By Light Professional IT Services

Job description

Company Overview:By Light Professional IT Services LLC readies warfighters and federal agencies with technology and systems engineered to connect, protect, and prepare individuals and teams for whatever comes next. Headquartered in McLean, VA, By Light supports defense, civilian, and commercial IT customers worldwide.Cole Engineering Services (CESI), a By Light company, is recognized as a premier provider of modeling and simulation (M&S) training solutions to the Federal Government and industry. Since 2004, CESI has been at the forefront of developing, maintaining, and integrating simulation-based training, serious gaming, technical services, training and other support in live, virtual, constructive, and gaming (LVCG) domains. CESI also designs, builds and runs infrastructure, platforms, applications and processes that enable cyber training for the integrated multi-domain force. Our vision is to become a worldwide full spectrum LVCG and cyber training/analysis developer, integrator and services provider. Position Overview:The candidate will lead daily standup meetings and sprint planning in a fast-paced Agile environment, oversee iterations of the Scrum process through to completion and track milestones according to schedule. Responsibilities:

• Guides and coaches, the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams assigned to mainly Business as Usual (BAU) work and to a lesser degree, important department initiatives and applicable portions of corporate projects and initiatives.
• Remove impediments and coach the teams on removing impediments
• Hold team members accountable for completing tasks
• Work under moderate supervision. Receive guidance but also use independent judgement to accomplish job functions

Required Experience/Qualifications:

• Skilled in use of Jira, Confluence
• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• 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
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline such as computer science, systems or software engineering from an accredited college or university
• Two (2) years’ experience solving complex Department of Defense engineering and technical problems in a senior level role.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM is required, A-CSM is a plus but not required)

Special Requirements/Security Clearance:In accordance with the specifications of a government contract, eligibility for this position mandates U.S. Citizenship status and ability to obtain a SECRET security clearance. The precise security clearance requisites will be detailed in the Government’s Task Order.

Expected salary

Location

Orlando, FL

Job date

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:38:06 GMT

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