Agile Scrum Master

CDIT Solutions is seeking an experienced Agile Scrum Master with strong Agile and SAFe delivery skills to support the Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS) program for the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). The Scrum Master will coach multiple agile teams and use strong oral and written communication skills to build working relationships with stakeholders, including customer Product Owners, and will work closely with the release train engineer and other ART resources to ensure successful planning, development, testing, and deployment of solutions in an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

•       Coach and lead an agile team within a scaled agile framework (SAFe).

•       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 the agile team’s efficiency and effectiveness, reaching out to the larger organizational network and 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.

•       Liaise 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 team’s presence within the Agile communities of practice and actively contribute to the organization’s Agile community.

•       Ensure appropriate staffing for assigned Epics and Features.

•       Schedule and allocate work, providing advice and guidance and resolving problems to meet technical performance and business objectives.

•       Ensure product quality and timeliness of efforts.

Required Qualifications

•       U.S. citizen with an active Secret clearance, able to pass an IT-1 background investigation. Clearance must be active, in scope, and held in DISS prior to start.

•       Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and seven years of related experience.

•       Certified Scrum Master or Certified SAFe Scrum Master, with significant experience coaching Scrum teams.

•       Strong Agile background, with a minimum of three years’ experience leading teams using an Agile Scrum or scaled Agile approach.

•       Understanding of all elements of software development, including planning, development, requirements management, CM, quality assurance, and release management.

•       Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

•       Highly responsible, team-oriented self-starter with a strong work ethic.

Preferred Qualifications

•       SAFe Advanced Scrum Master, SAFe Practitioner, or any other scaled Agile certification.

•       Experience with continuous deployment models.

•       Ability to apply advanced principles, theories, and concepts, and contribute to the development of innovative principles and ideas.

Location, Travel & Compliance

•       Remote role. Candidate must live within 1 hour of Scott Air Force Base, IL (strict requirement).

•       Approximately 10% travel every 12 weeks to Scott Air Force Base, IL.

•       This role is not subject to the program’s DoD 8140 requirement.