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Diaconia · 3 months ago

Scrum Master / Business Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $125K/yr

5+ years exp

Diaconia is looking for a talented Scrum Master / Business Analyst to join their Amazing team. The role involves facilitating Scrum practices, guiding teams in Agile methodologies, and partnering with stakeholders to document business processes and requirements.

ArchitectureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCyber SecurityInformation Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)

Guide the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values

Remove impediments or guide the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the blocker

Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving

Facilitate getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work

Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution

Assist with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information

Support and educate the Product Owner, especially on refinement and maintaining the product backlog

Provide all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible and leading by example

Partner with business stakeholders to understand, confirm and document business processes /requirements in user stories with acceptance criteria

Partner with technical leads to decompose epic/feature-level backlog items into user stories with acceptance criteria

Qualification

Scrum Master experienceJavaOracleScrum Master certificationScaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Servant leadershipFacilitation skillsConflict resolutionCommunication

Required

Active Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) clearance. MBI Letter preferred

Proven 5+ years' experience as a Scrum Master in a software development environment, specifically with legacy modernization projects involving Java, Oracle and/or APIs

Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency

Knowledge of various well-documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)

Excellent communication and mentoring skills

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field