Scrum Master

Company: SES Corporation
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

Years of Experience 5 yearsEducation Requirements Bachelor's Degree in engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline is required.Program Description Create an end-to-end management perspective to ensure proper compliance and oversight of GI Bill programs, and the use of data and business intelligence to monitor and measure school and student outcomes.Position Description The Scrum Master must have experience with the analysis of business, functional, technical, activities, and events.Responsibilities* Responsible for providing market research on conditions that impact the overall operational efficiency of an organization and identifying symptoms for process improvement.* Analyst is responsible for working with users and customers to document and strategize for process improvements for current business processes (business process reengineering). * Lead the team to deliver working software through an Agile approach.* The goal is to remove impediments and champion the SAFe methodology. * Support the team during Program Increment Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Spring Planning, Spring Reviews, and Retros. Implement and continually improve Scrum practices. * Proactively seek opportunities to use process improvement and re-engineering methodologies to facilitate improvements to team processes.* Maintain a positive team attitude to maximize team performance.RequirementsRequired Skills * Assists integration of SAFe within the larger enterprise activities* Helps scrum team organize themselves within the Scaled Agile Framework. Assists Scrum team in improving communication, knowledge, and sense of product ownership.* Coach Agile Teams for maximum business results* The Scrum Master should have a unique perspective on Scrum framework and team dynamics. * Facilitate effective iteration execution* Assists team in maintaining transparency concerning the team's projects and progress via multiple tools. Iteratively analyzes the team progress to help project management team make informed decisions* Taskboard* Burn-down/burn-up charts* Action items* Assist in providing reports regarding sprint and Program Increment metrics, * Technical Familiarity Scrum Master must to work with the team in finding a system that enables the team to accomplish tasks efficiently. * Facilitate Scrum Events* Assists Product Analysts in backlog refinement sessions which help team the create and maintain an organized backlog* Facilitates daily team scrum calls where team members will discuss * What they worked on yesterday and what progress they made* What they are going to work on today* Any impediments or blocks they are experiencing * Facilitates team retrospectives sessions and Support relentless improvement* From this conversation team often find insights. Then with this insight the team decides how it will accomplish their work going forward.* Coordinates with Release Train Engineer, other Scrum Masters, The System Team and Shared Services to facilitate Program Increment Planning to ensure the train meets its Overall objectives* Assists in removing impediments to team progress* Support DevOps implementationPreferred Skills* Previous experience with VA and working on VA legacy systems for Education Service* Is a servant Leader* Organized. Must possess is the ability to implement a finely-tuned organizational system. Scrum teams require structure and planning to keep everything organized, so Scrum Masters must have a plan in place that helps everyone stay on track.* Enhances productivity through collaboration* Encourages empirical thinking/reasoning of the scrum team. * Helps Facilitate team decisions* Listens to and supports team members in problem identification and decision-making* Encourages and supports the personal development of each individual* Persuades rather than uses authority* Is open and appreciates openness in others* Thinks beyond day-to-day activities* Seeks to help without diminishing the commitment of othersSoft Skills* Organizational Skills Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.* Team Work Able to enthuse and maintain project interest. Comfortable working both individually and as part of a team. Prepared to challenge ideas within a group in a constructive way. * Communications Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context. Excellent active listening skills.* Quantitative Management Ability to determine process measures and track to determine process effectiveness and efficiency. * Problem Solving Ability to analyze problems and determine root cause, generating alternatives, evaluating and selecting alternatives and implementing solutions. * Results oriented Able to drive things forward regardless of personal interest in the task.BenefitsSES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits* Medical* Dental* Vision* AD&D* STD* LTD* Company paid Life Insurance* 401k with employer contribution* Paid Time Off

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