Scrum Master

Company: Attain LLC
Location: McLean, VA 22101

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Job details
Salary

$90,000 – $110,000 a year

Job Type
Full-time
Benefits
Pulled from the full job description
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement plan
  • Paid time off
Qualifications
  • Experience:
    • Scrum Master, 3 years (Preferred)

  • Education:
    • Bachelor’s (Preferred)

  • License:
    • US Citizenship (Required)

  • Full Job Description

    What you will do:

    • Utilizes Agile scrum methodologies to plan and oversee work for one or more scrum teams
    • Creates and manages epics and user stories within Jira and Confluence by working to translate technical requirements through coordination with Business Analysts and Product Owners
    • Proactively communicate with product owners, project managers, technical leads, software developers etc. to identify information needs, facilitate information exchange, and ensure adherence to business requirements
    • Manages project backlogs by conducting grooming and planning sessions, facilitating story pointing efforts and working with the Product Owner to prioritize tasks.
    • Schedules and conducts meetings with assigned technical staff to gain insight into the state of individual release and sprint plans, schedules, deliverable, milestones, project risks and mitigation.
    • Collaborate between scrum teams to ensure dependencies are identified, impediments are removed and work schedules are aligned
    • Captures Agile artifacts to include User Stories (Planned vs Actual), Velocity Charts, Burn-down Charts, Sprint Retrospective notes etc.
    • Actively participates in ceremonies including PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, Inspect and Adapt, and PI Retrospectives
    • Actively plans and facilitates Agile ceremonies including daily stand ups, planning, grooming, demonstrations and retrospectives
    • Performs multi-hat roles to include one or more of the following: Requirements Management (User stories, Epics, Product and Sprint Backlogs), Business Analysis, Configuration Management, Change Management and Quality Assurance

    Required Skills:

    • A minimum of 3+ years of Scrum Master experience
    • Strong written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to communicate solutions effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Strong working knowledge of Atlassian Jira and Confluence

    Minimum Education Required: Bachelor’s Degree

    Per client requirements – US Citizenship Required

    Job Type: Full-time

    Salary: $90,000.00 to $110,000.00 /year

    Experience:

    • Scrum Master: 3 years (Preferred)

    Education:

    • Bachelor’s (Preferred)

    License:

    • US Citizenship (Required)

    Additional Compensation:

    • Bonuses

    Work Location:

    • One location
    • Multiple locations

    Benefits:

    • Health insurance
    • Dental insurance
    • Vision insurance
    • Retirement plan
    • Paid time off
    • Flexible schedule
    • Professional development assistance

    This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

    • People-oriented — enjoys interacting with people and working on group projects
    • High stress tolerance — thrives in a high-pressure environment
    • Adaptable/flexible — enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction

    This Company Describes Its Culture as:

    • Aggressive — competitive and growth-oriented
    • Team-oriented — cooperative and collaborative
    • Innovative — innovative and risk-taking

    This Job Is:

    • A job for which military experienced candidates are encouraged to apply

    Schedule::

    • Monday to Friday