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Leidos · 2 hours ago

Scrum Master

Leidos is seeking a Scrum Master for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor’s Entitlement Programs. The role involves facilitating self-organizing teams, removing impediments, and ensuring adherence to Scrum processes while supporting agile practices and continuous improvement.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
badNo H1BnoteSecurity Clearance RequirednoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Facilitating self-organizing teams to ensure each team is making progress against sprint commitments
Protects teams from scope creep during execution of the sprint
Removes impediments for the team
Helps members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate
Supports and enforces Scrum process and other rules
Ensures that the team has a clear understanding of Definition of Done and how to meet it
Coordinates with other teams on the contract and communicates status to Management
Works with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features
Leads and facilitates Agile ceremonies to include sprint planning, sprint review, demos, and sprint retrospective
Works with teams to develop user stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria and requirements
Works with the team to help gather and refine requirements
Maintains and generates information radiators for the teams
Collects and shares team metrics with the team, determines when new metrics are needed, and develops improvements in metrics
Works with the team to develop and adhere to best agile practices
Works with the team to develop collaborative tools and dashboards to help monitor metrics
Supports the team during UAT and Integration testing as needed prior to deployments
Works with the team in planning and ensuring the release process is properly planned and executed
Coaches’ teams on agile and scrum principles with a goal of continuous improvement
Creates a fun sharing and learning environment, experimenting with various ideas to improve delivery including pair-programming and cross-functional training

Qualification

Scrum Master experienceAgile project management toolsAgile principles coachingCertified Scrum MasterCommunication skillsTime management

Required

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
Typically requires BS degree and 12+ years of prior relevant. Additional experience in lieu of degree
Experience in working as a Scrum Master or Team Lead for a software development or similar technical team
Experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira, VersionOne)
Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and time management

Preferred

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

Company

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO

Leadership Team

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James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
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Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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