Scrum Master
Itero Group LLC

Job Info

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Itero Group is growing! We are looking to add a Scrum Master to our team.

Project Responsibilities:

• Guiding the team on how to use Agile/Scrum/Kanban practices and values.
• Guiding the team on how to self-organize and plan work into enabling features and stories along program increments and sprints.
• Assessing the degree of scrum maturity and coaching the team to higher levels, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Removing impediments and guiding the team to remove impediments.
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis on healing and problem-solving.
• Facilitating a culture of getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
• Supporting and educating the Agile Project Management Lead, especially on grooming and maintaining the backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.

Qualifications:

• Solid understanding of system development life cycle (SDLC) models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment.
• A proven track record of successfully implementing systems development projects using Agile methodologies.
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile/Kanban methodologies with enterprise-level systems projects.
• Experience overseeing a multi-function project team with at least 5-8 team members, preferably in an Operations & Maintenance environment.
• Prior experience with DevOps practices, to include Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Possess a sufficient level of technical expertise to provide highly-credible leadership to teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
• Ability to collaborate with customers and develop strategies and solutions of high business value.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in serving as a Scrum Master for at least one year in an enterprise systems environment that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory. Prefer some experience in support of infrastructure operations and maintenance technical staff.
• Solid skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Awareness and experience with Agile techniques: Program Increment (PI) Planning, Epics/Features/Stories, Burndown Retrospectives, etc.
• Very effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Proven ability to lead projects and ensure objectives, goals, and commitments are met.
• Experience or knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and DevOps practices.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in using appropriate tools:
  • Agile Project Management tools such as Rational Team Concert, Jira/Greenhopper, Rally, VersionOne or equivalent.
  • Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with both business and IT individuals at all levels including the executive level.
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the "big picture" view.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Scrum Master certification.
• SAFe, PMI-ACP, PSM, CSM, or equivalent.
• Possess demonstrated experience as an Information Systems Manager or Program/Project Manager with ancillary experience in Operations and Maintenance especially in the areas of AIX, RHEL, Windows, virtualization, DB2, Networking and/or MQ.
• Possess experience with IT Security, IT Infrastructure, and System Architecture environments.
• Knowledge of federal Government directives, policies, publications and regulations.

Education/Certification Requirement:
A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline with 5 or more years related professional experience. (Education can be substituted for 8 years of experience).

About Itero Group

Itero Group is a Woman-Owned Small Business focused on leveraging Agile Innovation to drive our client's mission to successful outcomes. Founded in 2017, our leadership offers over 60+ combined years helping clients transform into digitally enabled, data-driven organizations. We consider Agile frameworks, such as Scrum and Kanban, to be industry best practices for software development; yet we also understand the benefits of an Agile culture. Transformation is the new normal; change in customer expectations, availability of data and enhanced operations are game changers for any organization. Not operating with modernized systems and processes makes it near impossible to execute a unified vision at increased speeds with lower risk.

Our solutions build organizational agility and encompass: Process, Modern Engineering Practices, Product Development, Coaching and Training. Our Agile Innovation teams are designed to:

• Enhance your Organizational Agility through Coaching, Scrum Mastery and Training
• Augment your teams with highly trained Subject Matter Experts specializing in: Agile Process Consulting, Modern Engineering Practices, Product Development, Testing, Software Development, etc.
• Outsource strategic initiatives to design and build within our Scrum Studio

Snapshot of Benefits:

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance
• 401K Plan with a company match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible Spending Account
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Continuous Training
• Group Life, and Short- and Long-term Disability Insurance

Itero Group is an equal opportunity employer.

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