What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at Acuity INC?
Overview:
About Acuity, Inc:
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Acuity, Inc. has an opening for a Scrum Master to support a very visible government client. Are you a dynamic and creative individual who enjoys working in a collaborative Agile environment for the development of cloud platform services? Come check out Acuity!
As the Scrum Master you will possess proven skills in leading Agile teams through an entire project lifecycle in large enterprise organizations.
- Organizes and facilitates Agile activities and ceremonies including daily stand-up meetings, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and product backlog refinement sessions
- Ensures that all meetings are positive, productive, stay on topic, and are kept within the timebox. Promotes Agile mindset while championing the adoption of Agile standards, tools, and best practices
- Effectively manage user story estimation and forecasting
- Removes impediments for team progress and delivery. This includes but is not limited to requirements gathering, problem resolution, written and oral communications, staff oversight, and managing daily tasking. In addition, he/she will be responsible for creating and maintaining project schedules and plans of daily operational activities.
- Coaches Product Owners and Business Analysts on continually adapting and prioritizing the backlog
- Ensures that Agile metrics are being tracked daily, monitor them for indications of current or potential problems, and help the team find solutions to those problems
- Coaches agile teams and Product Owners on ways to improve their activities
- Captures Team velocity for the planned upcoming release and for each sprint therein
- Facilitates Team Breakout Sessions with an eye on process and related best practices; provide coaching where needed
- Helps update Release/Program Plan with Features and Dependencies
- Facilitates Backlog Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews (including Team Demos), and Sprint Retrospectives, always with an eye on process and relevant good practices; provide coaching where needed
- Ensures that Sprint Planning artifacts are created and captured, e.g. Sprint Backlog, Sprint Goals, etc.
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification with 5 years of hands-on experience
- 5 years of Project Management experience in an Agile software development environment, including methodologies related to software lifecycle management
- Experience managing projects leveraging commercial cloud infrastructure
- Experience with requirements tools and tracking (e.g. Jira)
- Experience conducting daily scrum stand-up meetings, facilitating Sprint planning meetings and coordinating Sprint reviews, retrospectives, and burn-down charts
- Experience defining all project activities and milestones required to meet objectives and deliverables, properly sequencing tasks and estimating effort with project team members doing the work, determining the critical path, and leveling the project schedule
- Experience developing metrics and reports for tracking program execution
- Experience with major cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP) or similar technologies highly desired
Clearance Requirement:
- Must have an Active Secret clearance or higher to apply
About Acuity, Inc:
Acuity, Inc. is a leading management and technology consulting firm that specializes in serving the federal government. Our innovative, collaborative and rewarding work environment has earned repeat honors from the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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