Leidos

Mid/Sr Scrum Master

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Annapolis Junction • Alabama • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $92,300 - $166,850 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • 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 on implementing solutions
  • Help team members communicate, coordinate, and cooperate
  • Coach, support, and enforce Scrum process and other process rules
  • Ensure that the team has a clear, shared understanding of the Definition of Done and consistently meets it
  • Clearly and concisely communicate status to management
  • Work with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features
  • Lead and facilitate Agile ceremonies to include Sprint Planning and Sprint Reviews to include demos, Sprint Retrospectives, and PI Planning
  • Work with Product Owner(s) and System Engineers to develop User Stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria
  • 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
  • Observe team dynamics, recognize strengths and weaknesses of individual team member contributions, and coach the team as a whole to drive improvements in productivity
  • Promote teamwork to achieve Sprint goals
  • Lead teams towards Agile maturity
  • Experiment with various ideas to improve delivery, including pair-programming and cross-functional training

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • At least 8 years of relevant work experience (additional relevant experience may be substituted for a degree)
  • At least 5 years of recent 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)
  • Hands-on experience working as a technical contributor (i.e. software developer, system engineer, test engineer, etc.) on a large program
  • Must have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
  • Must have excellent organizational and time management skills
  • Must have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships and interface professionally with peers and leadership, including developers, engineers, testers, customer points of contact, and company management.
Benefits
  • 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
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave and Retirement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
ScrumAgileUser StoriesSprint PlanningSprint ReviewsSprint RetrospectivesContinuous ImprovementMetrics DevelopmentTeam DynamicsPair-Programming
Soft Skills
CommunicationCoachingTeamworkOrganizational SkillsTime ManagementInterpersonal SkillsLeadershipFacilitationConflict ResolutionProblem Solving
Certifications
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)PMI-ACP