Scrum Master/Business Analyst (Remote)
US-Remote
Careers (External)
Req #: 7251
Type: Full-Time
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Overview: GovCIO is currently hiring for an Agile Scrum Master/Business Analyst to support the Readiness and Employment System (RES) contract within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This position will be a fully remote position. Responsibilities: Scrum Master: * Acts as a servant-leader for an Agile team, ensuring they follow Scrum practices while also helping them overcome obstacles and improve continuously. * Facilitates team meetings, removes impediments to progress, coaches the team on Agile principles, and helps the product owner find techniques for effective product backlog management in Atlassian Jira. * Facilitates and guides the team in adopting and implementing the Scrum framework - which includes organizing and leading Scrum ceremonies, participation in Program Increment Planning, promoting collaboration and ensuring adherence to Scrum principles and values. * Works closely with the product owner and development team to plan and execute sprints, daily stand-ups and sprint reviews. * Creates and maintains project timelines. * Identifies and manages risks and monitors progress against project goals. * Facilitates Scrum events: Guides daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and other meetings to ensure they are productive and achieve their objectives. * Acts as a liaison to improve communication between the development team and those outside the team, fostering mutual trust and respect. Business Analyst: * Conducts process analysis and optimization to map, document, and analyze "as is" data collection, business processes, and dissemination workflows to "to be" processes. * Manages requirements gathering to elicit and document detailed business requirements from stakeholders and acts as a liaison between operational users and technical teams, translating functional needs into technical specifications. * Performs requirements analysis to determine feasibility and to decompose requirements to concise and testable user stories. * Creates detailed user stories, including acceptance criteria, and any additional information to assist development. * Uses Atlassian Confluence and Jira for epics, stories, tasks, backlog management, sprint planning and Kanban management. Qualifications: Required Skills and Experience * Bachelor's Degree with 8+ yrs experience (or commensurate experience) * Must have experience working in Agile environment. * Must possess leadership skills and experience. * Must possess excellent interpersonal communication skills, both verbal and written. * Must possess the ability to explain intricate and complicated concepts and ideas. Preferred Skills and Experience * Experience with Atlassian Confluence and Jira strongly preferred. * Certified Scrum Master * SAFe certified Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust
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