Senior Scrum Master

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Scrum Master to support the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and their critical mission needs.

As a Senior Scrum Master, you will be an integral part of a scaling agile delivery team focused on delivering new customer-facing web-based applications with an emphasis on providing high value features to our customers and internal teams.

**This role is hybrid with 1-2 days a week onsite in Silver Spring, MD and/or at the GDIT office in Gaithersburg, MD. Must be within commuting distance. Travel expenses will not be reimbursed. 

Responsibilities:

• Organize and facilitate SCRUM ceremonies: daily standups, Sprint Planning/Grooming, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives
• Maintain JIRA and other information radiators for the teams
• Mentor and coach team members on core Agile values, principles, practices, and processes
• Effectively highlight and share the team’s successes through demos and reporting
• Enable team to become self-organizing and self-managing to achieve its goals
• Work with the functional team to develop release plans and ensure product backlogs are well-groomed, prioritized and visible to all stakeholders  
• Motivate teams to perform and ensure team members are collectively responsible for all aspects of the committed work (analysis, development, testing, documentation, etc.) 
• Identify, address, and communicate project risks, dependencies, and team impediments
• Ensure the team’s “definition of done” is well defined on the story, sprint, and release levels
• Facilitate productivity through discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution
• Shield the team from external interferences
• Assist with internal and external communication, and improving transparency
• Build a trusting and safe environment where problems can be raised with an emphasis on problem solving
• Assess the Scrum maturity of the team and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team
• Coach a continuous improvement mindset and recommend adjustments to established delivery practices
• Participate in Scrum of Scrum meetings to ensure cross-team collaboration and coordination of release plans and integration of testing activities
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all stakeholders, including customers

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ of experience in Agile development environment
• Experience with using and implementing the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience with software development or working in software development organization
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Scrum Master (PMI-ACP)

Preferred Qualifications:

• FDA experience highly preferred
• Energetic, goal oriented, proactive, innovative, hardworking, and patient
• Ability to manage multiple projects and work rapidly in a high tempo environment that often requires multitasking
• Ability to create, sustain, and enhance fostering of team dynamics and collaboration