Job Title: Contractor – Scrum Master
Location: Hybrid Work Model Reporting to Vienna, VA or Remote
Pay Rate: Open to Both C2C and W2 options
Position Type: Multiyear Contract
Description:
• Serve as a liaison between the Product Owner and the product team to help embrace agile values, apply agile practices and to drive delivery results by monitoring progress, eliminating impediments and seeking opportunities for continued improvements.
• Requires a strong understanding of agile principles and best practices. Must be adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, resource allocation, capacity planning and other Scrum techniques.
• Proficient with Agile metrics to help the team set benchmarks, measure against goals, and evaluate performance. Establish baselines and improve performance in the areas of quality, predictability, flow, and velocity. Prepare the Quarterly Metrics for Leadership. Maintain and update the Program and Team Dashboards. Must be able to provide applicable insights and thoughts to leadership based on ongoing metric results.
• Facilitate Team Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Daily Stand Ups, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retrospectives to maintain focus and productivity. Ensure all PBI’s, Features, Epics, Themes, Bugs and Risks are in alignment with client’s ADO standardization with clear and concise details.
• Lead and contribute to the Program Increment Planning ceremonies. This will include assistance in creating objectives, ensuring that features are linked, Risks and dependencies are identified, and the Planned Business Value is documented. Schedule routine meetings to determine state of Objectives and identify and resolve any impediments for the current PI
• Serve as the team’s representative within the ART for the Scrum of Scrums meetings to identify any Roadblocks, Impediments and Key Accomplishments and share relevant information with the team. Drive to continuously improve communication and collaboration within the product team and with other delivery teams and stakeholders Maintain the ADO Data Integrity Dashboard by identifying and rectifying any issues.
• Work closely with PO and PPM to manage the sprint backlog and ensure sprint planning aligns with Roadmap features and PI objectives. Clearly understand what work we're doing today and how that impacts work that is planned on roadmap. Must be able to identify potential risks and dependencies.
• Must have working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle and technical product development activities. Knowledge of cloud-based technology is preferred. Understanding technical features and user stores is essential to effectively managing sprint delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Ref: #850-Rockville (ALTA IT)
Skills:
Agile Programming Methodologies, Backlog Prioritization, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Business Plan, Calendar Management, Capacity Management, Cloud Computing, Continuous Improvement, Data Quality, Delivery Management, Leadership, Metrics, Microsoft ADO (ActiveX Data Object), Performance Management, Process Improvement, Product Lifecycle, Program Planning, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Project Tracking, Reporting Dashboards, Resource Management, Risk Analysis, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, ScrumMaster, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective, Standup Meetings, Thought Leadership
About the Company:
ALTA IT Services
ALTA IT Services, LLC combines experience and expertise to deliver IT talent that meets and exceeds the expectations of our clients. Since 2004, we have specialized in delivering IT services and staffing nationwide from our Rockville, MD headquarters and two regional offices located in Columbia, MD and Cincinnati, OH. ALTA provides IT staffing and services to support critical IT initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence, Program & Project Management, Enterprise Platforms, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering & Administration, Software & Web Services, Data Science & Analytics, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Help Desk, Network Management & Support, and Training. Our team of recruiting professionals can recruit any skill necessary to support both commercial and government client needs throughout the United States.
The foundation of our business operations is that we build relationships to last. We do this by placing the highest priority on our core values of integrity, reliability, and quality. We take the responsibilities entrusted to us by our clients and IT professionals very seriously.
As a result, we are proud to say that the majority of our clients have been with us for more than a decade. We work hard every day to earn and keep their trust. That is the promise that we make to all of our clients.
Company Size:
100 to 499 employees
Industry:
Staffing/Employment Agencies
Founded:
2004
Website:
https://www.altaits.com/
