Scrum Master, Senior

Unisity LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing expert services in the Information Technology fields. We pride ourselves on delivering what is promised as some would say we just do. We are highly-qualified self-driven professionals who work towards a common goal as a team leading when appropriate and following when needed.

At least 5years of experience working as a Full TimeScrum Master for a software development or similar technical team is required.

Description:
The Scrum Master role requires an experienced Agile Lead/Scrum Master to work on a large-scale software and hardware integration effort. The selected individual will be responsible for facilitating either one complex agile team or several small agile teams as part of a larger Agile Release Train (ART) delivering value to the customer using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe); and will help educate and coach the teams in Scrum Scrumban or Kanban to ensure the agile processes are being followed. She/he will help remove impediments/roadblocks and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics continuous flow and relentless improvement. The selected individual will work with team members other Agile Scrum Masters and support personnel to ensure that the teams commitments at the Program Increment (PI) Planning are met. She/he will facilitate horizontal communication across team members to identify any impediments that may prevent team progress while working mitigation plans. The selected candidate will be responsible for sensing determining and leading discussions when issues need to be analyzed or triaged and for making improvements in determining and implementing improvements to processes. Strong attention to detail and focus on task completion is critical.

Primary Responsibilities

• 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 with the Release Train Engineers 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 understanding of the Definition of Done and how to meet it.
• Coordinate with other teams on the Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and communicate status to management.
• Work with the Product Owner(s) to review and prioritize features.
• Lead and facilitate SAFe 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.
• Create a fun sharing and learning environment.
• Experiment with various ideas to improve delivery including pair-programming and cross-functional training.

• At least 5years of experience working as a Full TimeScrum Master for a software development or similar technical team.
• 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).
• At least 4 years of experience working on a largetechnical program with varied and diverse systems and groups in a fast-paced always rapidly evolving environment.
• Excellent written verbal interpersonal and time management skills.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in a technical field.
• Experience working with large software systems including hardware integration and test.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary technical development teams.
• Experience using SAFe as the agile development methodology.
• Experience using Kanban as a means to improve flow on support teams.
• Experience affecting change in organizations working towards agile adoption.
• Experience applying test automation test-driven development continuous integration and continuous deployment to achieve built-in quality by the team.

• A Choice of Medical Plan Options some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Vision and Dental
  • Unisity LLC provides an additional 12% of employees gross compensation to be used for benefits any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
• Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
• Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)

Unisity LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

Affirmative Action Statement:
Unisity LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities women individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Accommodations:
Unisity LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process please contact us at . We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.