Junior Scrum Master

We are GDIT. We think. We act. We deliver. There is no challenge we cannot turn into opportunity. And our work depends on a Junior Scrum Master remotely joining our Federal Services System Support and Oversight (FSSSO) team remotely to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) activities. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role. As a Junior Scrum Master supporting CMS, you will be trusted to run work with stakeholders to set, prioritize, monitor, and evaluate the work performed. In this role, a typical day will include:

• Coordinates and monitors the scrum process from initiation through delivery
• Plans and facilitates scrum activities, including sprint planning, daily stand up, demos, board reviews, and retrospectives
• Helping to create and maintain organizational scrum processes e.g. process to track and resolve open issues and identify ongoing process improvements
• Coaching a continuous improvement mindset and recommend adjustments to established delivery practices
• Coordinating and collaborating with design teams and stakeholders to fully define and prioritize current and future release work.
• Working with CMS business stakeholders to prioritize and plan sprints and releases.
• Creating reports to be utilized by Product Owners and Program Manager to provide insights on current sprint activities e.g. sprint dashboards, sprint burndown, sprint velocity.
• Foreseeing and communicating potential risks/issues before they materialize and could impact current development.
• Taking the initiative without being promoted to inform team members of upcoming milestones/deadlines that could impact development.
• Being a hands-on change agent and leader for the workstream and suggesting enhancements to our ways of work.
• Applying subject matter expertise in Agile software development, thought values, principles, and practices, to plan, prioritize, track, and drive multiple projects through Sprint cycles.
• Organizing and facilitating team backlog management, daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning reviews, retrospectives, demos, and other scrum-related rituals.
• Acting as a servant leader and aiding with the identification and resolution of blocking impediments.
• Identifying differences in understanding among team members and stakeholders as they occur and escalating to leadership issues that impede the team.
• Maintains and uses JIRA, Confluence, and other tools and reports to collect, develop, and analyze Agile data and metrics, managing progress daily
• Facilitating communication and consensus-building among Scrum teams
• Adjusting rapidly to shifts in priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously that may include staff support relating to current operations.
• Assist with the creation, implementation, and maintenance of project specific quality standards.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-2 years of experience working in an IT development environment.
• Hands-on experience leading teams through barriers/blockers through various tasks, projects, and/or deliverables.
• Active SAFe Scrum Master certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, and/or another advanced Scrum Master certification.
• Hands-on experience using JIRA and Confluence.
• Knowledge of development environments, platforms, and technologies, which may include Salesforce, Java, general web development and/or cloud technology.
• Experience creating reports, dashboards, views in JIRA to assist with team assignments, sprint capacity tracking, and/or real-time status reports on sprint development.
• Consistent quality performance rated valued or higher.
• Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
• Candidate must have lived in the United States at least three (3) out of the last five (5) years

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active Salesforce certification(s), such as Salesforce Associate.
• Experience with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS’ Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) and/or other health insurance or federal agency.
• Experience in leading the transition of an organization from Waterfall to Agile.
• Well versed in a variety of Agile approaches (SAFe, Scrum/LeSS, Kanban).
• Experience with software DevSecOps/DevOps pipeline processes and tools.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate complex technical topics to management and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and interact regularly with government and non-government stakeholders at multiple levels of authority.

WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from