Scrum Master / DevSecOps

$96,400 - $168,700/Yr

Parsons - Aberdeen, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Aberdeen, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Parsons is seeking a talented Scrum Master to lead agile software development teams. This role involves maintaining the ticket backlog, prioritizing work items, and ensuring the team focuses on critical tasks. The Scrum Master will facilitate agile ceremonies and help improve the team's efficiency and development velocity while fostering best practices in agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead agile ceremonies including daily scrum meetings, sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Assist the team in building new tickets based on user story input.
• Maintain the ticket backlog and prioritize work items to ensure the team is focused on critical tasks.
• Identify issues that impair the team's efficiency and development velocity.
• Track and report on team progress during sprint reviews.
• Foster the team and help improve agile best practices among team members.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of agile principles and best practices.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Atlassian product suite (i.e., Jira, Git, and Confluence).
• Experience working with software development teams.
• Ability to work cooperatively with local and distributed team members.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Scrum Master certification.
• Prior experience using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar approaches for Program Increment planning.
• Well-versed with modern software development best practices.
• Prior experience developing web-based applications.
• Prior experience with software projects utilizing microservices architecture.
• Prior experience working with the DoD FIRES community and/or DoD Command and Control systems.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off