Job Description:Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented
Scrum Master / Release Train Engineer to join our team! In this role, you will lead cross functional teams through Agile, Scrum, and/or Kanban ceremonies and practices as appropriate for the project and state of development. You will create and foster a culture of teamwork, transparency, collaboration, risk mitigation, and prioritization through the application of agile practices.
This is a hands-on role on a mission-critical program where your work directly contributes to matters of national security. You will help the team evolve a TRL-5 prototype system into a TRL-8 product in support of a classified customer pilot deployment as part of a newly formed and growing cyber solutions line of business.
What You'll Be Doing- Orchestrate the team's progress toward development, test, and demonstration goals in collaboration with the Lead Systems Engineer and the Technical Director
- Continuously challenge the old ways of working to improve team performance and innovation in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, velocity and other metrics
- Help plan and maintain progress on the goals of the current Program Increment (PI)
- Drive and facilitate a culture of continuous improvement through activities such as team retrospectives and lessons learned, to include the definition, tracking, and reporting of appropriate metrics
- Establish ad facilitate the agile cadence and supporting ceremonies such as Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning/Review, Sprint Planning/Review, Retrospectives, etc.
- Ensure the definition of done, testing requirements, documentation requirements, and other team/ART level working agreements are being followed
- Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution within the team/ART to quickly identify and remove roadblocks and improve team performance and value delivery
- Support the development and maintenance of the product backlog, work estimation, release planning, etc.
- Confident self-starter with ability to prioritize progress, manage conflict, drive agile process adoption, and achieve consensus on a cross-functional team with varying agile experience and potentially competing priorities
- Promote and support Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), DevSecOps, and automation best practices within the Agile delivery lifecycle
What Required Skills You'll Bring- Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field; additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- 8 years' experience or equivalent in the use of Agile methodologies including three plus years as Scrum Master, Kanban lead, or Software Product Owner.
- Proven success leading Agile teams to agile maturity and improved customer outcomes
- Experience leading change and continuous improvement, working with a cross functional team by applying lean agile values, practices, and principles
- Expert knowledge of product ownership, DevOps, Test Automation practices etc.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organize data and create metrics/reports/dashboards
- Active TS security clearance with SCI eligibility, may require a polygraph
What Desired Skills You'll Bring- Certified Scrum Master (CSP) or Certified SAFe Release Train Engineer
- Experience using Agile lifecycle management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Rally, or Azure DevOps
- Basic understanding of offensive and defensive cyber tactics
- Basic understanding of cloud computing principles and practices
Security Clearance Requirement:An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
