Scrum Master

Role: Scrum MasterLocation: Arlington, VA, Onsite/ Hybrid Mandatory Skills: Agile Scrum Master Role Description Skills: Organize and lead agile events, including daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, and backlog refinement sessions. Proactively identify and resolve any impediments to a scrum team's progress, ensuring minimal disruption to project timelines. Promote and embed agile standards, tools, and best practices, coaching the team on enterprise standards related to IT, security, quality, and architecture to minimize operational risks. Utilize team feedback and metrics (e.g., quality, cadence) to identify improvement areas, working collaboratively with the team to achieve operational excellence. Facilitate communication between team members and leaders across the organization to maintain transparency around delivery progress, challenges, and risks. Work closely with Product Owners to maintain an organized, prioritized backlog that aligns with project goals and delivery capabilities. Experiment with new practices and frameworks to enhance team outcomes, advocating for continuous learning and improvement. Represent the team at larger planning and coordination sessions (e.g., Scrum of Scrums), fostering collaboration across teams. Support teams in using agile planning and development tools like Jira and Confluence for streamlined project management. Provides subject matter expertise, guidance, and coaching to agile team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and self-management.