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Scrum Master Advisor - FDA

General Dynamics Information Technology • Gaithersburg, MD • 11h ago

Req ID: RQ205192

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)

Job Family: Scrum

Skills:

Agile Methodology,Atlassian JIRA,Scrum

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

Job Description:

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

As a Scrum Master Advisor, 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 requiring 3 days onsite at GDIT's Gaithersburg, MD office and Silver Spring, MD client location.

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 Skills and Experience:

Bachelor's degree and 10+ of experience in Agile development environment (or Masters and 8+ years of experience).

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).

Experience using JIRA and Confluence.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust with residency in the US 3 out of the last 5 years required.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

FDA experience strongly preferred.

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.

Energetic, goal oriented, proactive, innovative, hardworking, and patient.

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The likely salary range for this position is $121,680 - $138,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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