Everforth ECS is seeking a Scrum Master to work in our Dahlgren, VA office.
Everforth ECS is seeking a Scrum Master who will be part of a team of experts charged with providing engineering support in response to Navy's and DoD's needs for Command and Control (C2), Mission Assurance, and Homeland Defense. Together our team conducts Agile software engineering in a Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) environment, perform Cloud architectural design, operation, and administration functions, and cyber security and Risk Management Framework (RMF) support.
Program scope includes technical analysis and engineering capabilities, data, software, hardware, and associated documentation to assist in identifying the mission-critical cyber assets and the associated risks, developing capabilities needed in support of DoD's and National Cyber Situational Awareness and other cyber initiatives.
Principal Responsibilities:
- Ensure that Scrum theory, practices, and rules are understood by the team and enacted.
- Support multiple applications with different team members within a fast-paced application development environment while adhering to Scrum principles.
- Lead a complex, large scale Agile program and coordinate with various program support teams.
- Implementing new features that support mission assurance and operational management functions.
- Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events.
- Organize and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning and other SAFe related events, track and communicate team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management.
- In partnership with the product owner, agile coaches, scrum teams on user story sizing and acceptance criteria definition, facilitates the definition of minimal viable product, and leads continuous refinement and prioritization of the product backlog.
- Ensure the development teams are embracing and practicing core agile principles.
- Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs.
- Assist with internal and external communication.
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition.
- Determine and remove all obstacles that may interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals.
- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution.
- Provide direction to project activities to ensure successful implementation and support.
- Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase stabilize velocity.
- Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity, and innovation.
- U. S. Citizenship and an Active SECRET clearance preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree in IT or related business field
- Five or more years of experience as certified Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Release Train Engineer (RTE) for medium to large Agile software development efforts
- Five plus years' experience leading projects under Agile/Scrum
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies, familiar with SAFe 6.0
- Ability to manage multiple projects of medium to large scale through all sprints/iterations and phases of the project.
- Ability to communicate, influence and partner effectively using strong verbal and written communication.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
- Experience managing complex large-scale enterprise IT projects.
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised.
Skills Required
- U.S. Citizenship and an Active SECRET clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in IT or related business field
- Five or more years as certified Scrum Master, Product Owner, or Release Train Engineer (RTE) for medium to large Agile efforts
- Five plus years' experience leading projects under Agile/Scrum
- Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies; familiar with SAFe 6.0
- Ability to manage multiple medium to large projects through all sprints/iterations
- Strong verbal and written communication, influence, and partnership skills
- Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
- Experience managing complex large-scale enterprise IT projects
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Excellent time management and ability to work unsupervised
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
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