Responsibilities
Noblis is seeking to hire a Scrum Master (All Levels) with an ACTIVE Top Secret with SCI and Polygraph in Reston, VA
As a Data Scientist with our team, you will be working with our federal clients to support the development of innovative solutions for immediate mission challenges. In your role, you will work on teams with software developers, systems engineers, systems architects, business analysts, PMs and SMEs to apply the best practices and state of the art agile best practices. In this position, you will support a team developing software and analytics to solve important mission challenges.
On our team, you will:
Interface with the team to scope projects and maintain tasks and milestones on schedule
Utilize GitHub, JIRA, and/or Confluence, and record the project information for knowledge management
Work with SMEs and technical experts at all levels in order to lay out program roadmaps, develop user stories, tasks, etc.
Present updates, metrics, and results to a larger team of leadership and clients on a regular basis
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Business or similar fields
3-5 years of experience with IT projects, preferably as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach
Prepare for and lead daily scrum meetings, biweekly sprint planning, review, retrospective, backlog grooming meetings, and planning poker sessions for multiple technical teams
Extensive experience applying Scrum, Kanban and SAFe methodologies to projects of varying sizes
Experience developing product roadmaps and defining long term timelines
Facilitate and prepare for external end-of-sprint demonstrations
Create, maintain, and organize backlog of features, epics, stories, and tasks in JIRA
Provide input to release planning using team capacity and skill set information
Compile, analyze, and present statistics about time estimation accuracy, team velocity, and burndown rate to manage each sprint
Meet with product owners and operational business managers for selected modules to introduce scrum and program processes and outline expectations
Identify common issues across teams (e.g. communication, UI consistency) and lead the implementation of new solutions
Communicate team progress and dependencies with other team leads during scrum of scrums
Interface with business, test, and user support teams to receive requirements information and forward updates on feature progress
Review and provide feedback on drafted user stories and epics to ensure alignment with general Agile user story standards
Create general Agile graphics and PMO with executive briefings
Active Top Secret with SCI and Polygraph
Desired Qualifications
Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or experience on an Agile / Scrum team
Strong self-organization and self-management skills, with emphasis on self-initiation and follow through; interest in and affinity to create new projects and see them through to completion
Experience with implementing scrum for large scale, complex systems
Experience using Agile backlog management tool(s), preferably JIRA
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong organizational and creativity skills, able to maintain composure in a chaotic environment and promote a sensible and logical approach to issues
Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in a mixed team of government personnel and other contractors
Able to work collaboratively with business analysts, developers, and testers and understand each trade and skillset
Experience with full software development lifecycle (business process, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, training) a plus
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Overview
Noblis (http://www.noblis.org/) and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI , and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Noblis -About Us (https://careers.noblis.org/about-noblis/)
Why work at a Noblis company?
Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards (http://www.noblis.org/about/Awards/) . Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.
Total Rewards
At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits (https://careers.noblis.org/benefits/) page on our Careers (https://careers.noblis.org/) site.
Compensation at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is based on full time status. For part time or on-call staff, compensation is proportionately adjusted based on hours worked. While monetary compensation is important, it's just one component of Noblis' total compensation package.
Posted Salary Range
USD $85,600.00 - USD $133,750.00 /Yr.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Noblis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race (as well as because of or on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
Noblis is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Noblis will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact employee-relations@noblis.org **.
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Posted Date 2 months ago (10/23/2024 11:13 AM)
Requisition # 24298
Security Clearance TS/SCI with Polygraph
Employment Type Full Time
Portal Location : Location US-VA-Reston
Telework Options On-site
Company Noblis
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