Mid/Sr. Scrum Master TS/SCI Polygraph

About the role

A Mid/Sr Scrum Master is needed to join a high performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a large, complex, fast-paced technical program. Program execution follows DevOps best practices and employs robust development, test, and production environments. We are using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and test automation tools alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate self-organizing team(s) to ensure progress is being made against Program Increment (PI) commitments.
• Protect the team from scope creep during execution of the PI.
• Remove impediments and coordinate with the Release Train Engineers on implementing solutions.
• Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate.
• Coach, support, and enforce Scrum process and other process rules.
• Maintain and generate information radiators for the teams.
• Collect and share team metrics with the team, determine when new metrics are needed, and develop improvements in metrics.
• Coach teams on Agile and Scrum principles with the goal of continuous improvement.
• Promote teamwork to achieve Sprint goals.
• Create a fun, sharing, and learning environment.
• Experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair-programming and cross-functional training.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and at least 8 (eight) years of relevant work experience.
• Additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
• At least 4 years of experience working as a Scrum Master for a software development or similar technical team, preferably as a full time Scrum Master.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP).
• Significant, hands-on experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira, VersionOne, Rallye, IBM RTC).
• At least 4 years of experience working on a large, preferably technical program, with varied and diverse systems and groups in a fast-paced, always rapidly evolving environment.
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and time management skills.
• Clearance Required: Must have TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Qualifications

• Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary technical development teams.
• Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology.
• Experience using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams.
• Experience working with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)/ key management programs and technologies.
• Experience affecting change in organizations working towards agile adoption.
• Experience applying test automation, test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to achieve built-in quality by the team.

Skills

• Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion is critical.

Benefits

At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

Pay

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

Schedule

N/A