SCRUM Master Advisor (secret, preferred) - 100% Remote

Responsibilities for this Position Location: USA VA Home Office (VAHOME) Full Part/Time: Full time Job Req: RQ139133 Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret Public Trust/Other Required: NACLC (T3) Job Family: Scrum Job Description: We are GDIT. General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a remote Scrum Master Advisor who is ready to work with new technologies and architectures in a forward-thinking organization that's always pushing boundaries. The position will support our customer's Aircraft program. GDIT will design, develop, and deliver an Aircraft fatigue tracker web interface for supporting the usage-based assessments. The position will support a US Air Force program that is playing a major role in strengthening and modernizing America's Strategic Deterrent Force. GDIT will develop and deliver a digital engineering design solution, which enables and integrates the program's complete set of data, tools, and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) activities, and makes them available to internal and appropriate external engineering and programmatic stakeholders throughout the program's lifecycle. This effort will culminate in an abstracted, highly transportable environment delivered to the Government, to be instantiated "virtually" on the Government's network infrastructure and updated during the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of weapon system development. GDIT's implementation of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) emphasizes understands the need for compliance, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), and extensive traceability while providing an agile, lean systems, iterative environment for product development. On the Digital Engineer Environment (DEE) Program, this will be accomplished by implementing the SAFe for Large Solutions model. This will progress from Requirement, to Capability, to Feature, to Story, to Release. The duties of a Scrum Master Advisor will include: Responsibilities: Organize and facilitate SCRUM ceremonies: daily standups, Sprint Planning/Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives Maintain JIRA and other information radiators for the teams Lead the scrum team in moderate to high complexity work streams. Oversee scrum process and coach the teams on how to use scrum and Agile practices and methodology Enable team to become self-organizing and self-managing to achieve its goals Motivate teams to perform and ensure team members are collectively responsible for all aspects of the committed work (analysis, development, testing, documentation, etc.) Identify, address, and communicate project risks, dependencies, and team impediments Ensure the team's "definition of done" is well defined on the story, sprint, and release levels Facilitate productivity through discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution Shield the team from external interferences Assist with internal and external communication, and improving transparency Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised with an emphasis on problem solving Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team Participate in Scrum of Scrum meetings to ensure cross-team collaboration and coordination of release plans and integration of testing activities Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all stakeholders, including customers Minimum/General Experience/Requirements: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree, 1+ years of experience; or a related discipline or equivalent. A minimum of 5 years' experience in Agile software development including coaching on agile methodologies, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Possess a Scrum Master certification. Experience managing projects following Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe. Familiar with Agile values, principles, processes, and methods such as iterative and incremental development, continuous integration, test-driven development (TDD), unit testing, code refactoring, pair programming, and Scrum ceremonies. Experience working with customers in gathering requirements, modeling use cases, writing user stories and documenting business processes Excellent written and verbal communication skills and be effective at communicating with both technical and non-technical audiences. Moderate knowledge of the JIRA tracking tool. Energetic, goal oriented, proactive, innovative, hardworking, and patient. Preferred Requirements: Scrum Master certification (CSM, PSM I, SAFe Agilist, SAFe Practitioner) Familiar with SAFe methodology Experience on multiple Scrum teams in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.) Some knowledge of development environments, platforms, and technologies Well versed in a variety of agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Lean at a minimum) Experience providing program, portfolio, and team level process, mentoring and coaching to senior leadership, portfolio managers and teams Experience with ad-hoc coaching and mentoring techniques WHAT GDIT CAN OFFER YOU: Full-flex work week 401K with company match Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career Collaborative teams of highly motivated critical thinkers and innovators Ability to make a real impact on the world around you The likely salary range for this position is $100,000 - $150,000, this is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary; rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None Telecommuting Options: Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. COVID-19 Vaccination: GDIT does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to all employees. To protect the health and safety of its employees and to comply with customer requirements, however, GDIT may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements. We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done. GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.