Scrum Master

Dexian Government Solutions is recruiting for a Scrum Master to support our USPS-OIG contract in Arlington, VA.

Position Description:

The Scrum Master will serve a dual role, facilitating Agile practices for the analytics team while serving as an Agile business analyst. This role guides the team in adopting and maintaining the Scrum framework, facilitates Scrum ceremonies, removes impediments, promotes collaboration, and reinforces Scrum principles and values. Working closely with the product owner and development team, the Scrum Master supports sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Because end-users and agency customers do not write technical requirements, this role also engages stakeholders to clarify operational needs, translates those needs into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria, and works with the product owner to maintain a clear, prioritized product backlog.

Position Requirements:

• Guides and coaches the Scrum Team on how to use Agile practices and principles to deliver high quality products and services to our customers.
• Gets team to a high performing level by recognizing areas of strength and improvement and employing appropriate coaching and development techniques.
• Responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and the team adheres to Scrum theory, practice, and guidelines.
• Coaches the Scrum team in self-organization, cross-functional skillset, domain knowledge and communicates effectively, both internally and externally working within the Scrum team.
• Works with Scrum Team, as well as internal and external stakeholders, to influence and drive decision making and support organizational project or product teams.
• Resolves team impediments with other Scrum Masters to increase the effectiveness of the application of Scrum in the organization.
• Works with Agile coaches and other Scrum Masters to grow within the role.
• Contributes to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization.
• Facilitates and supports all scrum events: Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
• Acts as a leader who coaches and supports Agile teams.
• Develop and provide brown bags and training to JIRA users and management on best practices and applications for the agile process along with related reporting and summarizing activities in JIRA.

Secondary Requirements:

• Exemplifies and promotes Agile values and principles
• Outstanding communication, facilitation, negotiation, and coaching skills
• Knowledge of an agile framework or method (i.e. Scrum, Kanban), or understanding of software development life cycle models as well as in-depth knowledge of traditional project management principles and practices
• Adept at refinement, story splitting, estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other Scrum techniques
• Planning and problem solving with product management and delivery teams

Experience:

• Demonstrated experience facilitating meetings at multiple levels of an organization and an understanding of facilitation techniques
• Intermediate working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, including but not limited to Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Have at least 3 years of experience working in JIRA to manage ceremonies, capture sprint activities, record epics, stories, tasks, and other team activities, and develop reporting for leadership and other stakeholders.

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree and at least 4 years of product or project development experience, or 3 years of project development experience on an Agile Team or 4 years of additional experience is required in lieu of a Bachelor's degree
• Certified Scrum Master

• A favorably adjudicated Public Trust Background Investigation is Required to Start.

Company Description

Dexian Government Solutions is an award-winning ISO 9001:2015 certified business and GSA contract holder providing diversified Information Technology services to both Civilian and Defense agencies. Services include Software Development, Systems Integration, Data Management, Project Management, Operations & Maintenance, Cybersecurity, and Training and Audio/Visual (AV) Solutions. Dexian Government Solutions has received several recognitions, including rankings on "Top 50 Companies to Watch", Washington Technology's Annual "FAST 50", and Inc. 500's List of "Fastest Growing Private Companies". The Dexian Government Solutions team is comprised of individuals who are dedicated to the success and sustainability of our customers and their missions. Our combination of technical expertise, big business experience, and small business agility allows us to promptly provide our customers with exceptional IT and engineering solutions.

Benefits

Our robust benefits package includes Open Paid Time Off, 11 Federal Paid Holidays & 5 Paid Sick Days, Company-paid Life/AD&D, Company-paid Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Health Insurance with Company Contribution, 401k Plan with Company Match, Employee Recognition Program, opportunity for Employee Referral Bonus, opportunity for annual Performance Bonus and much more!

EEO Statement

Dexian Government Solutions is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), marital status, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law in the locations where we operate.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources. The Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan. This plan is available for inspection upon request.

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This role requires customer approval, suitability to hold a public trust and successful completion of a preemployment background screening.