Job Summary

• We currently have an outstanding opportunity for a ScrumMaster.
• This is an exciting opportunity to guide and coach software development teams along the product development lifecycle in an exciting industry.
• As a ScrumMaster you will be afforded the opportunity to work with multiple Scrum teams concurrently and drive innovation and efficiency along the development life cycle.
  
• This position will be located in: Arlington VA (Clarendon metro) or Cincinnati OH (Sharonville).
  

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Guiding the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
  
• Guiding the team on self-organizing to fill in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
  
• Assessing the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
  
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right personnel to remove the impediment.
  
• Building a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised without fear of blame, retribution, or being judged, with an emphasis of healing and problem solving.
  
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work.
  
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
  
• Assisting with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information.
  
• Supporting and educating the Product Owner, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the product backlog.
  
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example
  

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA in related discipline required.
  
• 1+ year experience in the ScrumMaster role for a software development team that was diligently applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory.
  
• Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
  
• Knowledge of numerous well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).
  

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Knowledge of other Agile approaches: XP, Kanban, Crystal, FDD, etc.
  
• Knowledge and/or experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games.
  
• Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team.
  
• Experience applying a wide variety of well documented patterns and techniques for filling in the intentional gaps left in the Scrum approach (example: numerous Burndown techniques, numerous Retrospective formats, handling bugs, etc.).