Senior Scrum Master
Location: Springfield, VA
Clearance: TS/SCI
Citizenship: US Citizenship Required
Whether running countries, corporations, or courtrooms, our clients bear the responsibility for shaping the lives of millions. At Intellectix, we are on a mission to empower them with innovative technical solutions and drive transformational change. As a Senior Scrum Master, you'll be the cornerstone of this mission, ensuring the security of crucial data, optimizing IT infrastructure, and simplifying business processes through cutting-edge software systems. Because at Intellectix, it's not what we do, it's why we do it.
Key Responsibilities:
- Guide scrum-team through all sprints of a program increment, removing impediments and championing the team
- Organize and facilitate sprint planning and release planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other agile related events
- Track and communicate team metrics and sprint/release progress to all teams and management
- Update agile tracking systems to provide transparency on product and sprint backlogs
- Assist product owners with backlog grooming
- Determine and remove impediments that interfere with the ability of the teams to deliver assigned goals
- Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase velocity
- Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters experimentation, creativity and innovation
- Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution
- Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition
- Assist with internal and external communication
- Assist the scrum team in developing and estimating user stories that are clearly articulated with well-defined acceptance criteria
Qualifications:
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience
- Experience leading Agile Scrum teams in a cloud environment
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps and/or software/application development processes
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Experience with Atlassian Agile Products; specifically JIRA and Confluence
- Active TS/SCI clearance required to start and must be able to obtain a CI Poly
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of experience working within the DoD or IC Community
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
- Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise (SAFe) Agilist Certification
Join Intellectix and be part of a dynamic team that thrives on tempo, teamwork, and technical excellence. Your skills and expertise will contribute to creating a safer and smarter tomorrow.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
- Experience leading Agile Scrum teams in a cloud environment
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps and/or software/application development processes
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles
- Experience with Atlassian Agile Products, specifically JIRA and Confluence
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification
- Scaled Agile Framework for the enterprise (SAFe) Agilist Certification
- 5+ years of experience working within the DoD or IC Community
What We Do
Established in 2012, Intellectix Corporation provides world-class identity and software solutions to public and private entities. While other companies focus primarily on size and revenue, we focus on results. We believe that manpower is measured by quality over quantity, and that the right people are key. We don't want to be your partner in business; we want to be your partner in success.
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