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Interclypse · 3 days ago

Senior Scrum Master

Annapolis Junction, MD

Part-time

Onsite

Senior Level

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Responsible for facilitating self-organizing team(s) to ensure progress against Program Increment commitments

Protect the team from scope creep during the execution of Program Increments

Remove impediments for the team and coordinate solutions with Release Train Engineers

Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate

Support and enforce the Scrum process and other rules

Ensure team understanding of the Definition of Done and how to meet it

Coordinate with other teams on Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and communicate status to management

Work with Product Owner/s to review and prioritize features

Lead and facilitate SAFe ceremonies including sprint planning, sprint review, demos, sprint retro, and PI planning

Develop User Stories with Product Owner/s to meet Feature acceptance criteria

Maintain and generate information radiators for the teams

Collect and share team metrics, determine new metrics needs, and develop improvements

Coach teams on agile and scrum principles for continuous improvement

Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses, and drive productivity improvements

Create a sharing and learning environment, experiment with ideas for delivery improvement

Promote teamwork to achieve sprint goals

Lead teams towards agile maturity

Qualification

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Agile Project ManagementJiraVersionOneRallyeIBM RTCProblem-SolvingCommunicationTime ManagementAdaptabilitySoftware SystemsHardware IntegrationTest AutomationTest-Driven DevelopmentContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeploymentSAFe MethodologyAgile AdoptionKanban

Required

At least 8 (eight) years of relevant work experience as a Scrum Master or similar role leading a technical team.

Experience working as a Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team

Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP)

Experience using agile project management tools (e.g., Jira, VersionOne, Rallye, IBM RTC)

Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and time management skills are a must

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, across diverse systems and groups

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline

Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test

Experience working with multi-disciplinary technical development teams

Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology

Experience-affecting change in organizations working towards agile adoption

Experience applying test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built-in quality by the team

Experience using Kanban to improve flow on support teams