Scrum Master - Peraton
Alexandria, VA
About the Job
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a Scrum Master to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.
Day to Day Work Responsibilities:
- Leads the development effort by conveying the vision to an Agile or Scrum delivery team, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value.
- Liaises with stakeholders ensuring their interests are included in the release, and the team to ensure the release is developed by the deadline and within budget.
- Responsible for the business aspects of the project, including ensuring the right product is being built, in the right order, within budget and by the deadline.
- Serves as the Agile or Scrum delivery team's primary contact for information, work prioritization, and decision-making.
- Coordinate and monitor the Scrum process from initiation through delivery.
- Serve as liaisons between the product owner, development team, and management to ensure that all targets and requirements are met.
- Ensure that team members understand project objectives.
- Maintains product backlog and release plan and facilitate productivity by setting up meetings and removing impediments that may obstruct the pursuit of the team's sprint goals.
- Preserves flexibility and ability to rapidly respond to changes.
- Is the facilitator for an agile development team.
- The scrum master manages the process for how information is exchanged.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree with 8 years experience or Master's degree with 6 years experience or HS Diploma/equivalent and 12 years experience
- U.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
- Working knowledge of Agile methodologies, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Experience with scrum project management, agile software development, and software version control management
- Experience with project tracking and collaboration tools (Jira, SharePoint, MS Teams, and MS PowerPoint)
Preferred Qualifications:
- CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.