Powder River Industries ยท 9 hours ago
Scrum Master
Washington, DC
Contract
Onsite
Mid LevelPowder River Industries is seeking an IT Scrum Master with experience in full life-cycle software development following Agile processes. The role involves managing various projects, overseeing team deliverables, and facilitating Agile ceremonies while collaborating with Product Management and Technical Team Leads.
Big DataCyber SecurityInformation TechnologySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Ben Waugh
Responsibilities
Management of new development, O&M, and end-of-life projects
Oversight of all team deliverables on the project
Conducting all agile team ceremonies including daily standup, product backlog management, iteration planning, retrospectives, and demos/reviews
Performing story analysis
Managing the evolution of the User Story and other backlog items
Answering ad-hoc questions and providing clarification/direction to development and support teams requirements and product functions
Collaborating with Product Management and other Technical Team Leads in release planning
Preparing user documentation, release notes, and conducting Release Demos
Facilitation of Quarterly Planning including coordination with dependent teams across the enterprise
Qualification
Required
Experience with initiating, planning, scheduling, estimating, forecasting, coordinating, controlling, managing, and delivering IT projects
Experience with Agile processes and ceremonies, including managing and facilitating backlog refinement, iteration planning, daily stand ups, release demos, and retrospectives
Experience with reviewing story analysis to determine acceptance criteria, definition of ready, and definition of done -- along with impact to other systems, projects, domains, and operational teams as necessary
Experience in managing the evolution of User Stories and other backlog items (includes but not limited to breaking down the stories, eliciting conversations, facilitating story refinement sessions)
Knowledge of Agile software development frameworks, including Scaled Agile (SAFe), Kanban, and Scrum
Ability to collaborate with Product Owners, Business Partners, developers, and architects to build and define Product Backlogs and complete release planning
Ability to answer ad-hoc questions and providing clarification/direction to development and support teams requirements and product functions
Ability to anticipate, mitigate, and resolve risks and issues across various workgroups
Preferred
Experience in facilitating troubleshooting sessions with a development team
Experience in working with agile team teams to decentralize decision-making and acting as an escalation point when consensus decisions cannot be reached
Experience in requirements gathering, development of wireframes, and acceptance criteria
Experience with JIRA and Confluence
Knowledge of federal government development lifecycles
Possession of excellent interpersonal skills including oral and written communication, analytical, problem solving, organizational, issue resolution, and customer relationship management
Company
Powder River Industries
Powder River Industries is an IT firm that specializes in cyber security, data science, and IT solutions for the government sector.
Founded in 2014
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase