Agile Scrum Master
Company Description
T Solutions, LLC is a minority, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Center for Verification & Evaluation (CVE) verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Our Team provides proven performance-based Information Technology (IT), program management, operations management and security support services to the federal government, state agencies, and commercial clients.
Job Description
- Conducting requirements gathering work sessions, iterative analysis of requirements, and reporting on findings
- Developing a vision statement for Agile and its implementation
- Providing weekly status briefing from the Agile integrated project team working sessions with minutes from the sessions attached
- Developing an implementation and adoption roadmap for Agile
- Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers
- Guiding the team on how to get the most of out self organization
- Guiding the team on self organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks
- Assessing the Scrum Maturity of teams and organizations and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization
- Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
- Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
- Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
- Facilitating discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution
- Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
- Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
- Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
Qualifications
- Minimum First-level Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I)
- Minimum BS or BA Computer Science, Information Systems, and Business Administration
- Minimum 6 years of experience. Specialized experience includes supervision of software/system architects, use of structured analysis, design methods and design tools, techniques, object-oriented principles, and experience with the logical and physical functional, operational, and technical architecture of information systems.
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Turndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.)
- Experience playing the Scrum Master role for at least three years for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kansan, Crystal, FDD, etc.
- Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team
- Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Turndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs,etc)
- Excellent communication and mentoring skills
Additional Information
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.