Scrum Master

Description

Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos' Defense Systems Land Systems is seeking a Scrum Master to join our team...with the ability and experience to work missile defense projects within the BMD Simulations and Analysis Portfolio. In this role the successful candidate will coach an Agile team on Agile principles and practices, facilitate Scrum events like daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, and remove impediments that hinder team progress. Also, collaborate with product owners to translate epics, stories, and other items on the sprint list into actionable tasks for software developers. The ideal candidate will possess excellent coaching and problem-solving skills, be a strong team player, and able to establish solid working relationships with peers and technical staff members within the program.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Defense Systems Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with "can't fail" missions. To explore and learn more, click here!

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Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate all team level events (PI Planning Team Breakouts, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand Up, Feature Elaboration, Sprint Review & Retro)

• Provides timely and accurate reporting of impediments, blockers, and risks to their Release Train Engineer

• Work with Release Train Engineer to set performance and growth targets for their teams

• Guides mentoring and development of agile team members

• Participate in Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt, and any ad hoc sessions called by RTE or Agile Coach

• Responsible for coordinating cross-team collaboration and dependencies and reporting them to the RTE

• Ensures teamwork, progress, and artifacts are transparent to all designated stakeholders

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience

• Familiar with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

• Must effectively communicate across all levels of the program

• Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum workflow and Kanban

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

• Ability to lead and facilitate all Agile ceremonies

• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Missile Defense

• Active secret clearance

• Full time onsite support

• Must be a resident of the North Alabama area

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Scrum Master certification

• Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tool

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross functional teams

• Familiar with Agile project tools Verison1/Agility or Jira

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.