Scrum Master (Remote)

Job Description

Job Description

Salary

Job Title:

Scrum Master (Remote)

Location:

Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Montgomery, AL

Job Summary

This individual will serve as Scrum Master for several scrums as a leader/coach guiding Agile teams focusing on projects that support the operation and maintenance of enterprise-level Air Force systems. The applicant will oversee project development and ensure effective completion and delivery providing administration of program operations to include project management, risk management, and work closely with product owners, scrum team, capability delivery managers and program managers.

Responsibilities

• Promote Agile culture, values, behaviors, and principles
• Foster a collaborative team environment
• Partner with Agile Coach to provide constructive feedback for continuous improvements
• Plan and conduct meetings/ceremonies – Sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand up, sprint reviews/retrospectives, etc.
• Review and manage backlog and in-progress items to ensure the latest work status is captured and updated as appropriate
• Possess the ability to maintain team metrics and report project statuses on a regular basis
• Take ownership in seeking resolutions of issues or blockers
• Coordinate with other DevOps/teams on inter-dependencies
• Lead release management, to include end-to-end regression test coordination, ensuring SDLC artifact adherence runbook coordination and deployment support
  
  

Required Abilities/Experience

• Experience with Agile frameworks (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Lean, DSDM, XP, Crystal, etc.)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience as a Scrum Master
• Capable of anticipating potential problems and respond to minimalize impact
• Manage the needs of multiple stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication
• Ability to understand system flows, interface details and system infrastructure
• Ability to recognize and implement continuous improvement opportunities
• Ability to review and manage backlog items to ensure work status is tracked and updated
• Hands-on experience creating a collaborative team environment
• Proficient in MS Office applications: Excel, MS Project, Visio, Word, and PowerPoint
  
  

Desired Abilities/Experience

• Scrum Master (CSM/PSM/SSM)
• PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-DASM, PMI-DASSM, PMI-DAC
• SAFe experience, SA, RTE, SSM
• 8+ years’ experience in a scrum master role in Software Development
• Proven record of progressive responsibility with several projects leading multiple development teams
• Strong familiarization of project management software (e.g., JIRA, ADO, Confluence, etc.)
• Previous experience as a software developer is highly preferred
• Experience in Cloud Technologies a plus
• Effective facilitator who can actively listen, remain neutral, ensure all voices are heard and ask open ended questions
• A change agent that advocates for continuous improvement
• Possess superb communication and people-interaction skills, and can collaborate and partner with others within and outside the team
  
  

Minimum Education

HS diploma with 8 years’ IT experience

Associates with 6 years’ IT experience

Bachelors with 4 years’ IT experience

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Company Benefits

Competitive health care package, vision, and dental, life insurance coverage, 401k matching, training expense, competitive PTO, Holiday and sick leave.

Zigabyte is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

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