[Hiring] Scrum Master @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

As a Scrum Master at GDIT, you will support our customers’ most important missions with smart, scalable solutions while growing and developing your technology career.

Meaningful work and personal impact:

• Facilitate Agile events, remove blockers, and coach the team to leverage Agile practices.

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning:
  • Plan and execute all Agile events: Sprint planning, PI planning, Backlog grooming, Daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile related events.
  • Conduct workshops specific to identified areas of improvement.
  • Coach the Product Owner on backlog refinement and story-readiness practices.
  • Coach the team and broader organization on Agile values, principles, and practices.
  • Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
• Day to Day Execution:
  • Coach Scrum teams through all sprints of a program increment, remove impediments and champion the team.
  • Assist the Scrum team in developing and estimating user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
  • Update Agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
  • Determine and remove impediments that interfere with team goals.
  • Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
  • Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity.
  • Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity, and innovation.
  • Assist with internal and external communication.
• Metrics Collection:
  • Identify necessary data collection to drive continuous improvements across Scrum teams.
  • Create information radiators to share improvements with the team and stakeholders.
  • Inject efficiencies into Agile cadence using data-driven approaches and metrics.
  • Measure Agile maturity at pre-defined milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any discipline, business, or a technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading Agile Scrum teams.
• Strong understanding of software and hardware integration.
• Working knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Atlassian Agile Products; specifically, JIRA and Confluence.
• 5+ years of Scaled Agile (SAFe) and/or Scrum Master experience working within the DoW or IC Community.
• Experience coordinating Agile sprint execution with traditional program management artifacts.
• Experience participating in or facilitating Scrum of Scrums and cross-team dependency management.

Requirements

• US Citizenship Required: Yes.
• Secret Clearance Required.
• Travel: 10-25%.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
• 401K with company match.
• Competitive pay and paid time off.
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home.
• Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace.