Agile Scrum Master

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Responsibilities: Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework (SAFe) Facilitate team breakouts to plan work and create PI objectives during PI Planning Facilitate planning and execution of work during a Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos Facilitate backlog refinement by collaborating with the product owners and business analysts Track and remove impediments to improve agile team's efficiency and effectiveness; reaching out to the larger organizational network for impediment removal; ensuring cross-team coordination Maintain relevant metrics to understand how well the team is doing and identify areas of improvement Perform capacity planning to help teams plan iterations and increments Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure consistency across teams Liaison with architects, cyber security SMEs, and other stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines Manage product releases and dependencies between teams and third parties or between assigned teams and other Scrum teams Support development of product roadmaps Coach the team to continuously improve and become a high performing team Develop new processes and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity Strengthen the presence of the team within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization's Agile Community Ensure appropriate staffing for assigned Epics and Features Schedule and allocate work, providing advice and guidance, and resolving problems to meet technical performance and business objectives Ensure product quality and timeliness of efforts.

Required skills: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and seven years of related experience Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master with significant experience coaching Scrum teams Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three (3) years' experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile approach Understanding of all elements of software development including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to pass an IT-1 background investigation.