About the position
M9 Solutions is seeking a Scrum Master to work hybrid remote/on-site on a government contract for a client located in Lanham, MD. Candidates must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust level clearance. M9 Solutions is dedicated to providing IT services and solutions to the Federal Government by mobilizing the right people, skills, clearance levels, and technologies to help organizations who desire improved performance and modern, sustainable change. M9 has provided quality IT services and support to more than 30 Federal Agencies and multiple commercial customers nationwide. Our capabilities include digital transformation, software development, cloud migration, applications & infrastructure, cybersecurity, data delivery & analytics, and IT talent solutions.
Responsibilities
- Analyze propositions and assess decision-making factors such as strategic alignment, cost/benefit, and risk.
- Work closely with the Product Owners and Product Manager to define a product approach to meet the specified user need.
- Develop product roadmaps, backlogs, and measurable success criteria, and write user stories.
- Define skill requirements and map internal, agency, and external resources.
- Analyze and map project risks approach and propose mitigation solutions.
- Define how the predicted user and financial benefit can be realized, and how channel shift shall be measured.
- Make recommendations for action against analysis performed.
- Manage, coordinate, organize, update grammar, and maintain documentation that is clear, concise, organized, and easily accessible for current and future reference.
- Utilize existing tools to create system architecture diagrams, flow diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, Swaggerdocs, JavaDocs, and other diagrams as appropriate.
- Write documentation so that future team resources can easily assimilate and understand the referenced topics.
- Consolidate documentation within a systems-level, holistic documentation suite, with a hierarchical structure that is easy to navigate and understand.
Requirements
- Eligibility to obtain a Public Trust level clearance; an active Public Trust level clearance is preferred.
- 3+ years of Scrum Master experience in a medium to large Agile enterprise.
- Skilled in IIBA best practices, in-depth analysis and system understanding.
- Ability to coach teams to Agile practices.
- Ability to evaluate Agile methodology currently being followed by teams and propose and implement shift towards industry best practices.
- Institutional knowledge and in-depth understanding of the OLA program, delivery partners, and system design.
- Expert experience in requirements gathering, writing, tracing, and managing.
- Familiar with a range of digital/web services and solutions, ideally where open source and agile development methodologies have been applied.
- An eye for detail.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to rationalize complex information to make it understandable for others to work.
- Ability to interrogate reported information and challenge sources where inconsistencies are found.
Nice-to-haves
- Scrum Master certification is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- Diversity in driving the vision of the company
