Scrum Master

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Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions (CARS)

C-CARS-24-003

Chenega Job Title: Scrum Master

Clearance: TS/SCI Clearance

Location: Springfield, VA

FLSA Status: Exempt, Full Time, Regular

Summary:

TheScrum Master is responsible for facilitating an Agile team to plan, develop, review, demo and finalize software or project releases through a series of sprints or iterations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Use Agile methodology, with expertise to plan, develop, review, and demo and final software or project releases through a series of sprints or iterations.

• Each sprint iteration involves a single team that provides daily scrums and concentrated resources lasting approximately two weeks.

• Provide sprint team velocity to the Program Manager and the government.

• Initiate daily meetings as required to keep all work focused and document progress.

• Develop features required for the release identified within each sprint.

• Provide technology "spikes" to identify needed tools and approaches.

• Identify detailed breakouts or "stories" needed to successfully complete the sprint.

• Follow up with customers to ensure issue(s) are resolved.

• Provide iterative reviews and demos to validate each part that makes up the feature, and provide continuous improvement feedback for each successive sprint.

• Develop and maintain Sprint planning applications such as "Jira".

• Document the sprint results using applications such as "Jira".

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications: (To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.)

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years relevant experience OR

• Associate degree and 10+ years relevant experience OR

• 12+ years relevant experience

• Experience with ServiceNow

• Experience in the Intelligence Community

• Scrum Master Experience

• SAFe Agile Certification

• TS/SCI clearance required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to analyze and think quickly and to resolve conflict

• Knowledgeable in techniques to fill in gaps in the scrum

• Ability to determine what is scrum and what is not

• Experience with successful Agile techniques

• Ability to work with and lead a team

• Strong communication, interpersonal and mentoring skills

• Ability to adapt to a changing environment

• Be self-motivated and have the ability to stay focused in the middle of distraction

• Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups and individuals

• Have a friendly presence, helpful attitude, good interpersonal skills, and ability to work well with others.

• Excellent skills in Jira, Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office applications

• Experience working in a home office setting

• Ability to train end users on frequently asked technical issues

• Ability to provide technical assistance and support over the phone

• Good phone skills, professional demeanor, and previous customer service experience strongly desired

• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to visualize a problem or situation and think abstractly to solve it

Chenega Corporation and family of companies is an EOE.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Native preference under PL 93-638.

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