Scrum Master

Company: Perspecta
Location: Chantilly
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Business Group Highlights IntelligenceThe Intelligence group provides high-end systems engineering and integration products and services, data analytics and software development to national and military intelligence customers. Serving federal agencies and the Intelligence Community for more than 50 years, the Intelligence group helps our clients meet their mission needs by providing trusted advisors, leading-edge technologies, and innovative solutions. ResponsibilitiesResponsibilitiesAs the Scrum Master for the Team, lead the Team to deliver working software through a SAFe Agile approach. The goal is to remove impediments and champion the SAFe methodology. Support the team during Program Increment Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Sprint Planning, Sprint 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.Clearance RequiredTS/SCI W/ POLY

• Facilitate the scrum team's day-to-day activities
• Servant leader to help maximize team efficiency by quickly removing impediments
• Help the Product Owner prepare the backlog, improve velocity, and ensure important Scrum artifacts are prepared
• Maintain project metrics, milestones, and deliverables
• Help the team fully adopt agile methodology and leads process improvements QualificationsRequired
  • Demonstrated experience as a Scrum Master in IT
  • Scrum Master certification
  • Experience with software development management tools including JIRA
  • Experience developing software in the Federal Government
  • Clearance RequiredTS/SCI W/ POLYDesired
    • 1- year Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experienceEducationRequires 10-12 years with BS/BA or8 to 10 years with MS/MA or5 to 7 years with PhD.Clearance RequiredTS/SCI W/ POLY About PerspectaWhat matters to our nation, is what matters to us. At Perspecta, everything we do, from conducting innovative research to cultivating strong relationships, supports one imperative: ensuring that your work succeeds. Our company was formed to bring a broad array of capabilities to all parts of the public sector-from investigative services and IT strategy to systems work and next-generation engineering. Our promise is simple: never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. And with a workforce of approximately 14,000, more than 48 percent of which is cleared, we have been trusted to do just that, as a partner of choice across the entire sector. Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.As a government contractor, Perspecta abides by the following provisionPay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

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