Scrum Master - Technical

Basic Qualifications

Education Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 5+ years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.

 

Clearance Requirements:

Ability to obtain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

The Scrum Master guides and supports the agile teams in achieving their objectives with efficiency and high-quality adhering to SDLC processes. You will thrive by leading through example as a proactive, passionate, and energetic coach, always seeking ways to maximize the value delivered. You foster a culture of meeting team commitments.

 

Responsibilities of the Scrum Master includes the following:

• Enthusiastically lead the team in demonstrating Agile principles through practices and team frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban
• Work with Product Owner and stakeholders to rigorously plan predictable sprint and release cadence
• Guide the team’s translation of program objectives into detailed requirements and integration milestones that includes generating user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done
• Verify that your team is performing the agreed-to definition of done
• Facilitate your team’s participation in quarterly Planning Events and represent your team in demos and retrospectives
• Act as a liaison between the Scrum team and other teams and stakeholders
• Coordinate obtaining Government Customer feedback for your team and how to incorporate that into your team plans
• Ensure the team follows Scrum roles and rituals, and facilitate agile ceremonies like daily stand-ups, iteration planning, iteration reviews, backlog refinement and retrospectives
• Track team metrics on performance, flow, and quality and coach the team on improvements necessary to ensure efficient delivery with high quality.
• Identify and remove impediments that might prevent the team from meeting goals
• Work with the product owner and team to analyze business requirements, write user stories, and groom the project backlog
• Prioritize current and incoming work requests
• Facilitate Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs) or kick-off meetings
• Clearly communicate team structure; roles and responsibilities; interim milestones; critical paths; and impacts of any risks, dependencies, or assumptions
• Review the project schedule, resource requirements, identify and manage risks, and transparently communicate progress and/or blockers against project goals
• Provide progress and change information into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• On a bi-weekly iteration, review health for all projects (e.g., technical, cost, and schedule) to identify and resolve problem areas
• Retrospect on story and feature commitments that are not met, quality escapes, and impediments
• Ensure Jira always reflects reality and call out changes that vary from the plan.
• Ability to effectively lead people, including performance evaluation and pay increase recommendations  
• As needed: conduct a final project review at project closeout to ensure service delivery has been completed, ownership has been transferred, records have been archived, cost accounts have been closed, and knowledge base articles/known errors have been documented
• Competency in productivity tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, SharePoint, MS Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams))

What you’ll experience:

• Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often top-secret
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what’s next
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge - as it’s discovered

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record of managing software engineering projects using Agile, and lean frameworks (ex: Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, XP) as well as waterfall methodologies.
• Ability to track, analyze, and present agile performance metrics and facilitate the team’s improvement in productivity and quality.( E.g. PI and Iteration Plan burnup charts, flow metrics, defect management, milestone delivery dates)
• Strong people skills to lead and motivate the engineering scrum teams to predictabily and reliability deliver project milestones on time.
• Strong facilitation skills to lead productive and focused meetings and discussions.
• Strong communication skills to clearly and transparently communicate with the team and stakeholders, ensuring everyone is aligned.
• Strong conflict resolution skills to effectively manage and resolve conflicts within the team, fostering a collaborative and healthy working environment.

What sets you apart:

• Prior experience as a software engineer working as an individual contributor on a Scrum team
• Experience with XP principles and how they relate to software delivery

• Demonstrated experience with establishing and driving agile principles/methodologies.

• Strong familiarity with Scrum and Kanban

• The ability to manage multiple programs.

• Servant Leader - practices servant leadership, putting the team's needs first and helping them achieve their goals.

• Passionate about optimizing team performance, paving the way for your high performing team, and prioritizing continuous improvement and relentless innovation

• Ability to set team priorities, adhere to deadline commitments, break down blockers, adapt to priority changes, and revel in team success

• Commitment to maintaining high-quality delivery and fostering a culture of meeting team commitments.

• You enjoy being collaborative and pursuing team success as strongly as our own

• You are constantly challenging yourself to bring positive impact to those around you

Our Commitment to You:

• An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development. 
• Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
• Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
• Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
• See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits

 

Workplace Options:This position could require you to be fully onsite or hybrid depending up on projects you will support.While on-site, you will be a part of the Bloomington, MN Engineering facility located at 8800 Queens Avenue S. 

Salary Note

This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Combined Salary Range

USD $115,684.00 - USD $122,000.00 /Yr.

Company Overview

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of 12,000+ top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defense and scientific arenas. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency. We offer highly competitive benefits and pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose. You will also enjoy a flexible work environment where contributions are recognized and rewarded. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we invite you to join our high-performance team!

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans