What are the responsibilities and job description for the Scrum Master position at SAIC Career Site?
Description
SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Scrum Master to join our team based out of Sterling, VA and begin an exciting and challenging career with SAIC Federal Systems.
Responsibilities Include:
• Conducts and facilitates all scrum ceremonies – daily standup, sprint planning, release planning, grooming sessions, sprint retrospectives, and sprint reviews
• Works with client to create, review, and adjudicate Program Increment planning
• Work with scrum team to execute all objectives and epics in the Program Increment
• Developing detailed documentation of client needs
• Leads and facilitates grooming session with clients to gather, analyze, and decompose both functional and non-functional requirements
• Using Atlassian tools Confluence and Jira
• Creating detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, mockups (if required), and any additional information to assist development
• When scope changes occur mid-sprint or during a release cycle, works with Project Managers on adjustments and message to the clients
• Interacts with Office of Information Technology (OIT) PMs and their customers.
• Develops and delivers business processes for requirements
• Writes JQL queries in Jira
• Performs requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories
• Develops and adheres to Definition-of-Ready and Definition-of-Done established by the scrum team
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study is required with a minimum of 5 years of experience (or masters equivalent).
- US Citizenship is required and ability to obtain a Customs and Border Protection Public Trust
Required Skills:
• Ability to lead a Scrum technical development team of 6-10 team members
• Experience in leading and facilitating all scrum ceremonies
• Business analyst with a minimum of 5 years of experience facilitating meetings with stakeholders to develop business and technical requirements
• Experience with SAFe and Program Increment planning and execution
• Strong time management to ensure ceremonies are done efficiently and within time box
• Must be resourceful in removing scrum team roadblocks
• Servant leadership mentality to drive discussion and input from all members of the scrum team
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification is a plus
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• Experience defining software requirements for complex products using the Agile software delivery methodology
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to non-technical team members and clients
• Candidate must be willing to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple assignments. Must actively support, enforce, and contribute to the Agile practices adopted by the development team
• Must have experience with enterprise web applications for the Federal government
• Experience with 508 compliance
• May provide end-user support to the field
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
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