Dexian Government Solutions is recruiting for a Scrum Master to support our USPS-OIG contract in Arlington, VA.Position Description:The Scrum Master will serve a dual role as an Agile facilitator and Business Analyst for the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) applications team. This position is responsible for guiding the team in implementing Agile principles and Scrum practices, facilitating Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, removing impediments, and promoting collaboration and continuous improvement. Additionally, the Scrum Master will serve as the primary liaison between agency stakeholders, end-users, the Product Owner, and the development team, translating operational needs into clearly defined, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria. The role will also support backlog refinement and prioritization, ensuring requirements are well-defined, aligned with business objectives, and ready for sprint execution.
Position Requirements:
- Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
- Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
- Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
- Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
- Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
- Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
- Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
- Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
- Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
- Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams.
Secondary Requirements:
- Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles.
- Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills.
- Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices.
- Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques.
- Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams.
Education and Certifications:- Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or 4 years of additional experience is required in lieu of a Bachelor's degree
- Certified Scrum Master
Required Experience:- Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques.
- Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- A favorably adjudicated Public Trust Background Investigation is Required to Start.
BenefitsOur robust benefits package includes Open Paid Time Off, 11 Federal Paid Holidays & 5 Paid Sick Days, Company-paid Life/AD&D, Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Health Insurance with Company Contribution, 401k Plan with Company Match, Employee Recognition Program, opportunity for Employee Referral Bonus, opportunity for annual Performance Bonus and much more!
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This role requires customer approval, suitability to hold a public trust and successful completion of a preemployment background screening.
