Scrum Master

Job Description

Description

SAIC is seeking experienced, results-oriented Scrum Master to support a high visibility data engineering environment. The candidate will contribute to and coordinate efforts supporting the customer’s strategic direction, daily operations, and Agile framework. This is an exciting, high visibility program made up of multi-disciplinary engineers and software developers who apply an innovative approach to data ingest and transformation workflow. We are looking for a seasoned individual to support the customer’s mission and transformation objectives. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding executing IT systems, supporting delivery utilizing a SAFe Agile framework, and be a self-starter. 

Responsibilities:

• Facilitation of technical discussions, decision making, impediment resolution and conflict resolution
• Ensure transparency from Product Owner to Scrum team by facilitating internal and external communication
• Perform continual assessment of the maturity of the Scrum team and provide coaching and insight in support of greater maturity
• Commitment to continuous process improvement including active facilitation of reviews and retrospectives and incorporation of lessons learned for future Sprints
• Schedule and facilitate Scrum ceremonies (stand up, poker, planning, demo, retrospective, etc)
• Remove impediments to the development team’s progress
• Work with the Product Owner to refine and prioritize the backlog
• Responsible for planning of Sprints based on backlog priority and development team velocity
• Assist in gathering requirements and creation of user stories
• Ability to create team dashboards and other reports documenting work completed each Sprint
• Helping to establish the definition of done (Acceptance Criteria) for user stories
• Support release planning activities to include coordination with the customer’s Change Management board
• Engage stakeholders, contributors, and technical resources to assess requirements, risks, and issues
• Communicate committed stories for the upcoming Sprint to Product Owner and stakeholders
• Track and produce key metrics (e.g., burndown, burnup)
• Other similar professional duties such as incident and change management reporting, release planning activities, and coordination with customer’s Change Management Board

REQUIRED:

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required to be considered
• Bachelors and nine (9) years experience - OR - four (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of degree
• Additional equivalent work experience can be substituted for a degree
• Certification: PMP or CSM
• Prior experience as a Scrum Master to drive Agile practices and execution for a set of Scrum/Kanban teams
• Working knowledge of SAFe, Jira, and Confluence
• Working knowledge of Enterprise IT Service Management tools such as ServiceNow
• Positive attitude, self-motivation, curious creativity, personal desire
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.