Description
This position is for a Consulting Employee (CE) to join our team in Chantilly, VA as a Scrum Master. The team consists of highly motivated and skilled professionals working in an Agile environment. The Scrum Master will be responsible for facilitating Agile ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a collaborative team environment to ensure successful project execution. The ideal candidate must have strong leadership skills, excellent problem-solving abilities, and a proven track record of working with Agile teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
The program includes teams operating across multiple time zones, requiring the candidate to have excellent communication skills and flexibility in working with cross-functional teams. A demonstrated ability to drive Agile best practices and coach teams to success is highly desired.
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Primary Responsibilities:
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Coach and mentor team members on Agile principles and best practices
- Work closely with Product Owners and stakeholders to ensure backlog refinement and prioritization
- Identify and remove impediments to team progress
- Track and report team performance metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Promote a culture of collaboration, transparency, and accountability
- Ensure adherence to Agile methodologies and frameworks, including Scrum and SAFe
- Support Agile Release Train (ART) coordination efforts, if applicable
- Assist in risk management and mitigation strategies
- Facilitate communication between teams, stakeholders, and leadership
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, or a related field and 15 years of experience OR
- Master's degree in information technology, business, or a related field and 13 years of experience
- Must have a TS/SCI with Poly to be considered
- Active/current Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) certification
- Proven experience as a Scrum Master in Agile software development environments
- Strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
- Experience working in cross-functional teams and fostering collaboration
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills
- Ability to track and analyze Agile metrics to drive improvements
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work well individually and within a team environment while maintaining professionalism with all stakeholders
Desired Qualifications:
- SAFe Agilist (SA) or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification
- Experience working in a DevSecOps or Cloud-based environment
- Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, or other Agile project management tools
- Experience supporting Agile transformations within large organizations
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Agile software development lifecycle
- Experience with Agile coaching at the team and enterprise levels
Original Posting:
February 28, 2025
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $148,850.00 - $269,075.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.