Scrum Master

M9 Solutions is seeking a Scrum Master to work hybrid remote/on-site on a government contract for a client located in Lanham, MD. Candidates must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust level clearance.

Responsibilities

• Analyze propositions and assess decision-making factors such as strategic alignment, cost/benefit, and risk.
• Work closely with the Product Owners and Product Manager to define a product approach to meet the specified user need.
• Develop product roadmaps, backlogs, and measurable success criteria, and write user stories (i.e., can establish a path to delivery for breaking down stories).
• Define skill requirements and map internal, agency, and external (partners/specialist contractors) resources.
• Analyze and map project risks approach and propose mitigation solutions.
• Define how the predicted user and financial benefit can be realized, and how channel shift shall be measured.
• Make recommendations for action against analysis performed.
• On a regular basis, manage, coordinate, organize, update grammar, and maintain documentation that is clear, concise, organized, and easily accessible for current and future reference.
• This documentation will utilize existing tools and should include system architecture diagrams, flow diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, Swaggerdocs, JavaDocs, and other diagrams as appropriate.
• Write documentation so that future team resources can easily assimilate and understand the referenced topics.
• This documentation should be consolidated and contained within a systems-level, holistic documentation suite, with a hierarchical structure that is easy to navigate and understand at both a high and detailed level.
• Format, location, and paradigm of this documentation to be collaboratively defined along with AD management and tech advisors.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Eligibility to obtain a Public Trust level clearance; an active Public Trust level clearance is preferred.
• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience in a medium to large Agile enterprise.
• Skilled in IIBA best practices, in-depth analysis and system understanding.
• Ability to coach teams to Agile practices.
• Ability to evaluate Agile methodology currently being followed by teams and propose and implement shift towards industry best practices.
• Institutional knowledge and in-depth understanding of the OLA program, delivery partners, and system design.
• Expert experience in requirements gathering, writing, tracing, and managing, i.e. User Story Map, Use Case development, User Story writing, INVEST criteria, and dependency mapping.
• Familiar with a range of digital/web services and solutions, ideally where open source and agile development methodologies have been applied.
• An eye for detail.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to rationalize complex information to make it understandable for others to work.
• Ability to interrogate reported information and challenge sources where inconsistencies are found.
• Scrum Master certification is preferred.