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Expertise and Technology for National Security
Agile Scrum Master
Location
Illinois
Posted
113 days ago
Salary
$75.2K - $158.1K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Agile Scrum Master
CACI International Inc
• Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework • Facilitate team breakouts to plan work and create PI objectives during PI Planning • Facilitate planning and execution of work during a Program Increment through sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos • Facilitate backlog refinement by collaborating with the product owners and business analysts • Track and remove impediments to improve agile team’s efficiency and effectiveness; reaching out to the larger organizational network for impediment removal; ensuring cross-team coordination • Maintain relevant metrics to understand how well the team is doing and identify areas of improvement • Perform capacity planning to help teams plan iterations and increments • Collaborate with other Scrum Masters to manage dependencies and ensure consistency across teams • Liaison with architects, cyber security SMEs, and other stakeholders; fostering quality communication between engineering disciplines • Manage product releases and dependencies between teams and third parties or between assigned teams and other Scrum teams • Support development of product roadmaps • Coach the team to continuously improve and become a high performing team • Develop new processes and refine existing processes to enhance quality and productivity • Strengthen the presence of the team within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization’s Agile Community • Ensure appropriate capacity for assigned Epics and Features • Provide guidance to the team, and facilitate impediment resolution to meet technical performance and business objectives
Job Requirements
- Secret security clearance or US citizen with ability to pass IT-1 background investigation upon hire
- Bachelor’s degree - Comparable combination of lower education and additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- 5+ years of experience coaching SAFe implementations
- Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master
- Significant experience coaching Scrum teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three (3) years’ experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or Scaled Agile approach
- Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter
Benefits
- healthcare
- wellness
- financial
- retirement
- family support
- continuing education
- time off benefits
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