Scrum Master

Position Summary
Prometheus Federal Services (PFS) is a trusted partner of federal health agencies. We are seeking a Scrum Master to facilitate agile delivery as the VA transitions to a modern EHR. The Scrum Master is the facilitator for the delivery team ensuring the team follows agile processes and practices and promoting Scrum theory practices rules and values. This task order requires the Agile Release Train design to be staffed from within the requirement and calls for lean-agile practice to meet changing expertise requirements across Planning Intervals while maintaining team stability and performance. The ideal candidate has demonstrated SAFe Lean-Agile experience and can hold cadence steady in a surge environment where emergent work is the norm.

Essential Functions
Reasonable Accommodations Statement
To succeed in this job an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform each essential duty. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitate agile ceremonies for the delivery team including Planning Interval planning iteration planning daily stand-ups reviews and retrospectives
• Ensure the team follows agile processes and practices and promote Scrum theory practices rules and values
• Apply SAFe Lean-Agile principles and practices to drive value and sustain organizational change and operational excellence
• Support Agile Release Train operations staffed from resources within this requirement
• Leverage lean-agile principles to meet changing expertise requirements across Planning Intervals while maintaining team stability and performance
• Remove impediments to delivery and escalate blockers requiring Program Manager or VHA action
• Maintain and groom the backlog in coordination with informatics change management and communications workstreams
• Track and report iteration metrics velocity and delivery performance against the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies across the seven ORIS service categories
• Support intake and triage of surge events into the delivery cadence without destabilizing committed work

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a Scrum Master or agile team facilitator
• Demonstrated understanding of SAFe Lean-Agile principles and practices
• Experience facilitating agile ceremonies for technical or informatics delivery teams
• Demonstrated ability to remove impediments and manage cross-team dependencies
• Experience operating in an environment with emergent rapidly changing priorities
• Strong facilitation coaching and written and oral communication skills
• Authorized to work in the U.S. indefinitely without sponsorship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Low/NACI background investigation.

• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM) certification
• Experience supporting an Agile Release Train or SAFe implementation at enterprise scale
• Experience supporting VHA EHRM or comparable federal health informatics programs
• Experience with Oracle Health (Cerner) deployment or post go-live operations

Compensation & Benefits

PFS offers a benefits package that may include health dental and vision coverage; flexible spending accounts; disability and life insurance; a retirement plan; paid time off; and other programs to support employees and their moreabout PFS Benefits.

The posted salary range is the companys good-faith estimate for this role. PFS benefits and compensation are determined by various factors including but not limited to location; the individuals particular combination of education knowledge skills competencies and experience; as well as contract and organizational requirements.

Salary Range: $120000 - $135000

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex parental status national origin age disability genetic information political affiliation military service or other status protected by law.

Accommodations

PFS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process please contact us at Reasonable accommodations are available to ensure applicants with disabilities have equal access to the hiring process in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable laws.

Workplace Health Safety and Compliance

This position may be subject to clientspecific or governmentmandated vaccination health or safety requirements which may change over time.

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