Scrum Master - Peraton
Herndon, VA
About the Job
Responsibilities
SCRUM MASTER responsibilities for new or existing system(s) may include:
- Leads the development effort by conveying the vision to an Agile 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 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.
- Familiar with SAFe Agile processes.
- Provides expertise in the formulation of systems scope and objectives.
- Determines operational objectives by studying functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements and formats.
- Analyzes technical processes.
- Experience with project tracking and collaboration tools (Jira, SharePoint, MS Teams, and MS PowerPoint)
- Full time work in SCIF is required, but hours are flexible
Qualifications
Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical (STEM) field of study with 8+ years of relevant experience. Additional 4 years experience may be considered in lieu of degree
- Requires a TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Requires experience with Agile, Scrum, SAFe and/or Kanban.
Preferred Qualifications:
- CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification
- Understanding of cloud environments including AWS.
- Understanding of SecDevOps and CI/CD pipelines
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.
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.