Scrum Master SME

Job Description

Leidos is seeking a Scrum Master for a technical development program supporting the Sponsors Entitlement Programs as well as IdAM /ICAM Authentication Authorization Attributes and Digital Policy Management. Leidos is looking for a Scrum Master to join a high performing agile team in support of a nationally significant and fast-paced program.

Primary Responsibilities

Facilitating self-organizing teams to ensure each team is making progress against sprint commitments

Protects teams from scope creep during execution of the sprint

Removes impediments for the team

Helps team members communicate coordinate and cooperate

Supports and enforces Scrum process and other rules

Ensures that the team has a clear understanding of Definition of Done and how to meet it

Coordinates with other teams on the contract and communicates status to Management

Works with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features

Leads and facilitates Agile ceremonies to include sprint planning sprint review demos and sprint retrospective

Works with teams to develop user stories to meet the Feature acceptance criteria and requirements

Works with the team to help gather andrefinerequirements

• Maintains and generates information radiators for the teams

Collects and shares team metrics with the team determines when new metrics are needed and develops improvements in metrics

• Works with the team to develop and adhere to best agile practices
• Works with the team to develop collaborative tools and dashboards to help monitor metrics
• Supports the team during UAT and Integration testing as needed prior to deployments
• Works with the team in planning and ensuring the release process is properly planned and executed

Coaches teams on agile and scrum principles with a goal of continuous improvement

Creates a fun sharing and learning environment experimenting with various ideas to improve delivery including pair-programming and cross-functional training

Required Quals

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Typically requires a Masters degree and 15 years of experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.

Experience in working as a Scrum Master or Team Lead for a software development or similar technical team

Experience using agile project management tools (e.g. Jira VersionOne)

Excellent written verbal and interpersonal communication skills and time management skills

Desired Quals

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or similar agile project management certification (PMI-ACP)

At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.

If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.