Scrum Master
Are you a data professional ready to join a dynamic team cracking the government’s most exhilarating data puzzles? Do you enjoy partnering with decision-makers to gather and analyze requirements and develop solutions that aid with control costs, ensure accountability, anticipate the future, measure performance, and maintain optimal operations? If so, IVERTIX is the place for you!
We are currently seeking a dynamic and skilled Scrum Master to join our team. As a Scrum Master, you will play a crucial part facilitating agile processes, promoting collaboration, and removing obstacles to ensure efficient and successful project delivery while executing mission critical work.
Responsibilities:
- Apply functional and technical knowledge to achieve scrum goals, contributing to solutions for moderate scope and complex problems.
- Facilitate scrum events (Daily Standups, Sprint Events, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrsospective) to ensure effective communication and collaboration within the team.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and communication between team members and stakeholders.
- Guide and coach team on Agile principles, practices, and ceremonies to foster continuous improvement.
- Assist the Product Owner in refining and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure it is well-groomed and ready for upcoming sprints.
- Identify and address impediments and roadblocks that hinder team progress and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve them.
- Continuously improve the team’s processes and practices by implementing agile techniques and suggesting adaptations as needed.
- Support a culture of transparency, collaboration and open communication among the team members and stakeholders.
- Affect change and excels in managing stakeholders to recalibrate expectations as needed.
Requirements:
- A Secret clearance and Scrum Master certification are required. PMP certification, Agile Coaching certification, and AWS certification preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Project Manager, with demonstrated experience managing projects, processes, and teams delivering web-based systems.
- Experience with Atlassian Jira, Agile @ Scale (SAFe, DAD, etc.), Cloud computing, and DoD security requirements.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud, SC2S, and/or C2S.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Previous experience with managing a technical product portfolio and leading a technical team of 20+ staff.
- Knowledgeable of program activities using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Proficiency in creating and delivering client briefings and status reports.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Detail-oriented mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality results.
- Must be in the DC Metro area and available to work onsite (Crystal City, VA and Alexandria, VA) 2-3 days per week.
Nice to Have:
- Recent DoD or IC-related experience.
- Demonstrated experience with large-scale programs worth over $1M annually for government clients.
If you are passionate about leveraging your scrum master or project management skills and working with cutting-edge technologies to enable efficient data analysis, we encourage you to apply. Join our team and be a part of our mission to provide streamlined and rapid access to critical information.
Interview Requirements:
- Video Interview – Yes (may include technical assessment)
Interview Prep:
- Candidates should be prepared to clearly articulate their experience leading scrum activities for product development (Recent evidence of this should be easily identifiable in their resume).
- Candidates should be prepared to clearly articulate evidence of solutions to challenges and problems faces while developing products
- Candidates should be prepared to discuss what technologies they have hands-on experience with and demonstrate in depth understanding of those technologies during the technical assessment.
- Candidates should be prepared to articulate their proficiency level clearly & honestly with Agile tools and methodology.
- Candidates should be prepared to discuss their onsite availability.
Fully Remote Option:
- Fully remote work schedules are not available at this time.
Clearance Sponsorship:
- We will only consider candidates that currently possess an active interim Secret security clearance or higher at this time.